Possible Peru

Possible Peru (Spanish: Perú Posible) is a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of País Posible ("Possible Country").

At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2001, the party won 26.3% of the popular vote and 45 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic. Its presidential candidate at the elections of the same day, Alejandro Toledo, won 36.5% of the vote and went on to win the second round on 3 June 2001 with 53.1%.

At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 4% (441,462 votes) of the popular vote and 2 out of 120 seats in Congress.

History

Possible Peru has its roots in an earlier political party, País Possible, which was founded by the economist Alejandro Toledo in 1994. País Possible garnered 4% of the popular vote in the 1995 presidential election.

In the 2000 presidential election, Toledo ran as a candidate from Possible Peru. After coming in second to Alberto Fujimori in the initial round of voting, Toledo withdrew as a candidate and requested that his supporters cast blank ballots in the second round run-off that was to be held because both candidates failed to receive more than 50% of the votes.