1928 Honduran general election

General elections were held in Honduras on 28 October 1928. Vicente Mejía Colindres of the Liberal Party was re-elected as president, becoming the first incumbent to be re-elected in peaceful and contested elections.^[1]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vicente Mejía Colindres	Liberal Party	62,319	56.62
	Tiburcio Carías Andino	National Party	47,745	43.38
Total			110,064	100.00
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party		Seats	+/–
	National Party	26	–10
	Liberal Party	21	+15
Vacant		1	–
Total		48	+2
Source: Political Handbook of the World[2]

References

1. Victor Bulmer-Thomas (1991) Central America since independence, p195
2. Political Handbook of the World 1929, p88

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