The socialist 1979 Constitution was replaced in 1993. The legislature is now a unicameral National Parliament. Since the Spanish conquest, Peru's Indians and creoles are mainly living in the rural uplands and inlands, far from the country's coastal infrastructure. They settled on the edges of Lima. After irregularities during first-round count, opponent Toledo urges his supporters to write 'No to fraud' on the ballot papers.
Peruvian people votes to adopt the new Constitution.
In a coup, the 1979 Constitution is suspended and the National Congress dissolved by Fujimori. The Shining Path is largely crushed by Peru's army. The new government under President Alberto Kenyo Fujimori starts social, economic, and institutional reforms. The military government begins a process of democratization and calls for a Constitutional Assembly. For corrections please contact A. Tschentscher .