1931 Peruvian general election

{{Infobox election

| country = Peru

| flag_year = state

| election_date = 11 October 1931

| module = {{Infobox election

| embed = yes

| election_name = Presidential election

| type = presidential

| previous_election = 1919 Peruvian presidential election

| previous_year = 1919

| next_election = 1936 Peruvian general election

| next_year = 1936

| image1 = Sánchez Cerro.jpg

| nominee1 = Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro

| party1 = Revolutionary Union

| alliance1 = Nationalist Social Party

| popular_vote1 = 152,149

| percentage1 = 50.75%

| image2 = Victorraulhayadelatorre.jpg

| nominee2 = Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre

| party2 = American Popular Revolutionary Alliance

| popular_vote2 = 106,088

| percentage2 = 35.38%

| image4 =

| nominee4 = {{ill|José María de la Jara y Ureta|es|vertical-align=sup}}

| party4 = Decentralist Party

| alliance4 = Popular Party

| popular_vote4 = 21,950

| percentage4 = 7.32%

| color4 = 0087DC

| image5 = Arturo Osores.jpg

| nominee5 = {{ill|Arturo F. Osores Cabrera|es|Arturo Osores|vertical-align=sup}}

| party5 = PCRP

| alliance5 = Constitutional Party / Labourist Party / National Coalition Party

| popular_vote5 = 19,640

| percentage5 = 6.55%

| color5 = F8F9FA

| title = President

| before_election = David Samanez Ocampo

| before_party = Military junta

| after_election = Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro

| after_party = Revolutionary Union

}}

}}{{Politics of Peru}}

General elections were held in Peru on 11 October 1931 to elect the President and a Constitutional Congress.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}} The result was a victory for Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro of the Revolutionary Union, who received 50.8% of the vote.Nohlen, p470

The election took place in the context of considerable political and economic instability.{{Citation |last=Bertram |first=Geoffrey |title=Peru, 1930–60 |date=1991 |work=The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America |volume=8 |pages=383–450 |editor-last=Bethell |editor-first=Leslie |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/peru-193060/20F89D58A3C1105E0153FFA6207716B3 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/chol9780521266529.008 |isbn=978-0-521-26652-9|url-access=subscription }} The 1930 Peruvian coup led to the overthrow of President Augusto B. Leguía and to an interim government headed by Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro. On March 1, 1931, Sánchez resigned and went into exile. He returned on July 7, 1931, to be a candidate in the 1931 Peruvian general election. Haya de la Torre shortly thereafter also returned from exile to be a candidate in the election.

The election was primarily a context between two populist caudillos, Sánchez and Haya de la Torre.

Sanchez performed well in Piura in the far northern coast, in the South, and in the centre of the country, including Lima. Haya performed well in the mid-northern coast. Haya performed better among organized labour and white-collar groups while Sanchez performed well among small shopkeepers, artisans, unskilled urban workers and literate 'Indians' in the Sierra.