Elecciones y conflicto en la Historia del Perú

This paper shows the existent connection between elections held in Peru during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and social conflicts. The elections are taken as a subject of analysis of power conflicts arising at the time. These conflicts showed how elites managed affairs in order to retain power and how the pressure to extend the participation of society in the electoral process was on the increase. In many cases the elections were channelling of clashes that otherwise would have turned violent. The text also aims to show the existent differences in society rather than evaluate the democratic aspects of elections.