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{{Infobox political party
|country = Peru
|colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Front (Peru)}}
|name = Democratic Front
|native_name = Frente Democrático
| abbreviation = FREDEMO
|logo = Fredemo.svg
|leader = [[Mario Vargas Llosa]]
|foundation = 1988
|dissolution = 1990
|position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
|ideology = [[Economic liberalism]]<br>[[Christian democracy]]<br/>'''Factions:'''<br/>[[Reformism]]<br/>[[Social conservatism]]<br/>[[Republicanism]]
|website = 
}}
{{Politics of Peru}}

'''Democratic Front''' ({{langx|es|Frente Democrático}}), also known as '''FREDEMO''' ({{IPA|es|fɾeˈð̞e.mo}}), was a [[center-right]] [[Economic liberalism|economically liberal]] and [[Social conservatism|social conservative]] [[political alliance]] in [[Peru]] founded in 1988 by [[Liberty Movement]], [[Popular Action (Peru)|Popular Action]] and [[Christian People's Party (Peru)|Christian People's Party]]. FREDEMO contested the 1989 municipal elections and the 1990 presidential elections (with famous author [[Mario Vargas Llosa]] as its candidate).<ref name=":112">{{Cite journal |last=Mitchell |first=Timothy |date=2005 |title=The work of economics: how a discipline makes its world |journal=European Journal of Sociology |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=299–310 |doi=10.1017/S000397560500010X |doi-access=free |s2cid=146456853}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==

=== Presidential elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
! colspan="2" |Candidate
!Coalition
!Votes
!Percentage
!Outcome
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[1990 Peruvian general election|1990]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Mario Vargas Llosa]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Sabatovargasllosa (cropped).jpg|145x145px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''Democratic Front''' <small>[[Popular Action (Peru)|AP]]-[[Christian People's Party (Peru)|PPC]]-[[Liberty Movement|ML]]</small>
|{{small|'''1st Round:'''}}<br/>2 163 323
|{{small|'''1st Round:'''}}{{Percentage bar|32.57|32.57|2E75B6}}
|{{small|'''1st Round:'''}} <br/>1st
|-
|{{small|'''2nd Round:'''}}<br/>2 708 291
|{{small|'''2nd Round:'''}}{{Percentage bar|37.62|37.62|2E75B6}}
|{{small|'''2nd Round:'''}}<br/>2nd
|}

=== Elections to the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress of the Republic]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!{{Increase}}/{{Decrease}}
!Position
|-
![[1990 Peruvian general election|1990]]
|1 492 513
|30.1%
|{{Composition bar|62|180|{{party color|Democratic Front (Peru)}}}}
|{{Increase}} 62
|Minority
|}

=== Elections to the Senate ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!{{Increase}}/{{Decrease}}
!Position
|-
![[1990 Peruvian general election|1990]]
|1 791 077
|32.3%
|{{Composition bar|20|62|{{party color|Democratic Front (Peru)}}}}
|{{Increase}}19
|Minority
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Defunct political party alliances in Peru]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1988]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1990]]
[[Category:Mario Vargas Llosa]]

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