Nicolás Lindley López Military Government Junta Fernando Belaúnde Terry Popular Action Supreme Court of the RepublicPresident Javier Arévalo Vela [es] General elections were held in Peru on 9 June 1963 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress after the results of the 1962 elections were annulled following a military coup.

[1] The Peruvian Armed Forces, who controlled the nation as a military junta following the coup, largely controlled the electoral process to prevent the election of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre.

[2] Supported by Popular Action and the Christian Democrat Party, Fernando Belaúnde Terry won the presidential election with 39% of the vote, whilst the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance emerged as the largest party in both houses of Congress.

[1] Eight countries in the South America and the United States condemned the elections, saying that the Peruvian Armed Forces interfered with the process.

[2] After conciliatory measures by the military junta, the United States would recognize the armed forces as the government.