1962 Peruvian general election

{{Infobox election

| country = Peru

| flag_year = state

| previous_election = 1956 Peruvian general election

| previous_year = 1956

| election_date = 10 June 1962

| next_election = 1963 Peruvian general election

| next_year = 1963

| module = {{Infobox election

| embed = yes

| election_name = Presidential election

| type = presidential

| image_size=130x130px

| image1 = Victorraulhayadelatorre.jpg

| nominee1 = Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre

| party1 = American Popular Revolutionary Alliance

| popular_vote1 = 557,007

| percentage1 = 32.97%

| image2 = Presidente Belaúnde Terry.jpg

| nominee2 = Fernando Belaúnde Terry

| party2 = Popular Action (Peru)

| popular_vote2 = 544,180

| percentage2 = 32.21%

| image3 = Manuel Odría 1948.png

| nominee3 = Manuel A. Odría

| party3 = UNO

| popular_vote3 = 480,378

| percentage3 = 28.43%

| title = President

| before_election = Manuel Prado Ugarteche

| before_party = MDP

| after_election = Election annulled

| after_party =

}}}}{{Politics of Peru}}

General elections were held in Peru on 10 June 1962 to elect the President and both houses of Congress.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}} Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre of the Peruvian Aprista Party won the presidential election with 33% of the vote. However, this was below the constitutional requirement of one-third of the vote.Richard J. Walter (2010) Peru and the United States, 1960-1975: How Their Ambassadors Managed Foreign Relations in a Turbulent Era Penn State Press, p17

The military, who were opposed to Haya, claimed that electoral fraud had been carried out in some districts, and the results were later annulled following a military coup on 18 July led by Ricardo Pérez Godoy.Walter, p18{{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|url-access=subscription }}