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{{Politics of Peru}}

Constituent Assembly elections were held in [[Peru]] on 18 June 1978.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p454 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}}</ref> The [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance]], led by [[Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre]], emerged as the largest party, winning 37 of the 100 seats.<ref>Nohlen, p462</ref>

The military dictatorship declared that it would respect the results of the election.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Cotler |first=Julio |title=Peru since 1960 |date=1991 |work=The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America |volume=8 |pages=451–508 |editor-last=Bethell |editor-first=Leslie |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/peru-since-1960/912B086D53BEAA202D384745A0C7728F |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/chol9780521266529.009 |isbn=978-0-521-26652-9}}</ref>

==Results==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Elecciones Asamblea Constituyente Peru 1978.svg]]
|party1=[[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance]]|votes1=1240674|seats1=37
|party2=[[Christian People's Party (Peru)|Christian People's Party]]|votes2=835285|seats2=25
|party3=[[Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front]]|votes3=433413|seats3=12
|party4=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Peru)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes4=232520|seats4=6|color4=red
|party5=[[Peruvian Communist Party]]|votes5=207612|seats5=6|color5=#DC143C
|party6=[[Popular Democratic Unity]]|votes6=160741|seats6=4
|party7=[[National Front of Workers and Peasants]]|votes7=135552|seats7=4
|party8=[[Christian Democrat Party (Peru)|Christian Democrat Party]]|votes8=83075|seats8=2
|party9=[[National Union Party (Peru)|National Union Party]]|votes9=74137|seats9=2|color9=#112552
|party10=[[Peruvian Democratic Movement|Pradist Democratic Movement]]|votes10=68619|seats10=2
|party11=Socialist Revolutionary Action|votes11=20164|seats11=0
|party12=[[Reformist Democratic Party]]|votes12=19594|seats12=0
|invalid=661576
|total_sc=0
|electorate=4978831
|source=[https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Elecdata/Peru/1978Asam.html PDBA]
}}

==See also==
*[[Constituent Assembly (Peru)]]

==References==
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{{Peruvian elections}}

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