Elections in Honduras

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Elections in Honduras

Honduras National Congress has 128 members (diputados); they serve four-year terms.

Honduras elects on national level a head of state the president and a legislature. The President of Honduras is elected for a four-year term by the people by a simple majority of valid votes (nulls and blanks excluded). The unicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) has 128 members (diputados), elected for four-year term by proportional representation to represent the country's various departments. Honduras' presidential elections are held on the last Sunday of November of the election year.

Honduras has a multi-party system, but used to have a two-party system, which means that there were two dominant political parties: the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) and the National Party of Honduras (PNH). Ahead of the 2013 general election various new parties emerged as contenders for power and influence.

Latest election

President

More information Candidate, Party ...
CandidatePartyVotes%
Xiomara CastroLiberty and Refoundation1,716,79351.12
Nasry AsfuraNational Party of Honduras1,240,26036.93
Yani RosenthalLiberal Party of Honduras335,76210.00
Milton BenítezHumane Honduras8,8570.26
Carlos Mauricio PortilloChristian Democratic Party of Honduras7,1030.21
Romeo Vásquez VelásquezHonduran Patriotic Alliance6,5560.20
Kelin Pérez GómezBroad Front (Honduras)6,0530.18
Esdras Amado LópezNew Route5,9110.18
Alexander MiraSavior Party of Honduras5,7110.17
Marlon EscotoWe are all Honduras5,3820.16
Alfonso Díaz NarváezDemocratic Unification Party5,0810.15
Julio Lopéz CasacaAnti-Corruption Party4,1810.12
José Coto GarcíaGo-Solidary Movement3,7680.11
Lempira Cuauhtemoc VianaDemocratic Liberation Party3,3610.10
Santos Orlando Rodriguez OrellanaIndependent Movement Dignity and Hope3,2740.10
Total3,358,053100.00
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National Congress

More information Party, Votes ...
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PartyVotes%Seats
Liberty and Refoundation12,758,09840.2350
National Party of Honduras9,573,02930.1844
Savior Party of Honduras4,035,97012.7310
Liberal Party of Honduras3,531,88711.1422
Innovation and Unity Party335,2271.060
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras305,5380.961
Anti-Corruption Party251,1960.791
Honduran Patriotic Alliance227,9400.720
Democratic Unification Party160,5100.510
Go-Solidary Movement147,9110.470
New Route114,8980.360
We Are All Honduras112,1960.350
Democratic Liberation Party95,7540.300
Broad Front (Honduras)65,1130.210
Total31,715,267100.00128
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Parlacen

More information Party, Seats ...
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PartySeats
Liberty and Refoundation10
National Party of Honduras8
Liberal Party of Honduras2
Total20
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Primary elections of Honduras

Primary elections in Honduras, are mechanisms by means of which the political parties of the country choose their presidential candidates, held during the third year in office of the current government. These primary elections are not compulsory, nor paid for by the state The electoral high court of Honduras regulates this process, and the National Register of the People is an organism of support that gives legitimacy to the electoral process.

General elections of Honduras

General elections in Honduras are held during the fourth year in office of the government, some months before finalising his mandate and a year after the primary elections that chose the presidential candidates of each political party. In them they renewed the headlines of the charges of popular election of the Republic of Honduras.

Schedule

Election

More information Position, Type ...
Position200920102011201220132017
Type Presidential (November)
National Congress (November)
Gubernatorial (November)
NonePresidential (November)
National Congress (November)
Gubernatorial (November)
Central American Parliament(November)
Presidential (November)
National Congress (November)
Central American Parliament(November)
Mayoral (November)
President and
vice president
President and vice presidentNonePresident and vice presidentPresident and vice president
National Congress All seatsNoneAll seatsAll seats
Provinces, cities and municipalities All positionsNoneAll positionsAll positions
Central American Parliament All seatsNoneAll seatsAll seats
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Inauguration

More information Position, Type ...
Position201020112012201320142018
Type Presidential (January)
National Congress (January)
Gubernatorial (January)
NonePresidential (January)
National Congress (January)
Gubernatorial (January)
Central American Parliament (January)
Presidential (January)
National Congress (January)
Central American Parliament (January)
Mayoral (January)
President and
vice president
27 JanuaryNone27 January27 January
National Congress 27 JanuaryNone27 January27 January
Provinces, cities and municipalities 27 JanuaryNone27 January27 January
Central American Parliament 27 JanuaryNone27 January27 January
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Recent elections

2005 Presidential election

2009 Presidential and parliamentary elections

Disputed in the wake of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.

2013 Presidential and parliamentary elections

2017 Presidential and parliamentary elections

See also

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