Elections for the

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were held in

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on 22 November 1992,

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p454 following a

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(known as the "autogolpe") by President

Alberto Fujimori Alberto Kenji Fujimori Fujimori (26 July 1938 – 11 September 2024) was a Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer who served as the 54th president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.* * * * * * * Born in Lima, Fujimori was the country's fir ...

on 5 April.Nohlen, p449 The elections were boycotted by the

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, the second largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, and were won by Fujimori's

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– New Majority alliance, which took 44 of the 80 seats. The Congress drew up a new constitution, which was promulgated in 1993 after being approved in a referendum. The new constitution allowed for presidents to be re-elected, as well as making the

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a unicameral legislature.

Results

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{{Peruvian elections Elections in Peru

1992 in Peru