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When was the snap election for a new congress held after Vizcarra dissolved the Congress?
1 January 2020
26 January 2020
1 February 2020
26 February 2020
Answer
On 30 September 2019, President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru after the passage of a controversial bill to reduce the power of the president's office. The snap election for a new congress was held on 26 January 2020, and the result was a landslide victory for the opposition parties, which won 73 of the 130 seats in the new congress.
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