With 100% of records processed, list 7 of Enrique Valderrama He beat Javier Velásquez Quesquén’s list 13. In this way, the young lawyer will represent the APRA party in the 2026 Elections by obtaining 3711 votes; while his challenger Velásquez obtained 3,527 votes.
Enrique Valderrama, a 37-year-old lawyer and political analyst, makes up his list with María Valdivia and Lucio Vásquez, while Javier Velásquez does so together with Luis Wilson and Carla García, daughter of former APRA president Alan García.
In this process, APRA was one of the groups that submitted to the direct vote of its members to elect their representatives for the next elections, which is why it mobilized more than 82 thousand voters throughout the country.
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The APRA developed a competitive day with 14 lists in contention and registered 43,672 qualified militants in 309 voting tables
After knowing the results, Valderrama spoke out and, in dialogue with RPP, said that he takes the internal elections with “very calmness.” “A difference of less than 200 votes with the second place and a little more with the third shows that we have to forge a major understanding,” he said.
“APRA has opted for renewal and also for a call for unity. We have not won with a resounding percentage. In any case, it is a victory that implies the need for a historic party to be relaunched,” he indicated.
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It is worth noting that Enrique Valderrama has been an APRA activist since 2010, according to the Infogob portal of the National Elections Jury (JNE).
