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Political party in Honduras From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras), known by the abbreviation DC, is a political party in Honduras. At the legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, DC won 3.7% of the popular vote and three out of 128 seats in the National Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Marco Orlando Iriarte, won 1.0% of the vote.
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Christian Democratic Party of Honduras Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras | |
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Leader | Lucas Evangelisto Aguilera |
Founded | 10 September 1968 |
Headquarters | Tegucigalpa |
Ideology | Christian democracy |
Political position | Centre-right |
Regional affiliation | Center-Democratic Integration Group |
Continental affiliation | Christian Democrat Organization of America |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
Colors | Green |
Anthem | "Himno Partido Democracia Cristiana de Honduras" "Hymn of the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras"[1] |
National Congress | 1 / 128 |
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In the legislative elections of 27 November 2005, the party won four out of 128 seats in the Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Juan Ramón Martínez won 1.4%.
DC's candidate in the 2009 presidential election was Felicito Ávila.[2] The party supported the interim government of Roberto Micheletti which came to power in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, itself a part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.[3] Orle Solís was the party's candidate for the 2013 presidential elections.[4]
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