in 2005, humala entered electoral politics, founding the peruvian nationalist party (pnp) in order to run in the 2006 presidential election. having received first place in the first round, he faced former centre-left president and apra candidate alan garcía in the second round, ultimately losing by a narrow margin. his campaign received widespread international attention in 2006 given the recent success of left-wing politicians in latin america. in 2011, he would once again run for president, and narrowly defeated keiko fujimori in the runoff.