418. Editorial Note
On June 10, 1962, Peru held national elections for President, two Vice Presidents, and the entire Senate and Chamber of Deputies—all for 6-year terms. None of the three major candidates for the Presidency, Victor Raul Haya de la Torre (APRA), Fernando Belaunde Terry (Accion Popular), or Manuel Odria (Union Nacional Odrista), received the one-third of the valid popular vote needed to win the office. The Peruvian constitution stipulated that the new Congress, meeting in joint session, choose the new President when it convened formally on July 28. Charges of electoral graft were immediately exchanged by the candidates.