2001 Honduran general election

General elections (Spanish: Elecciones generales de Honduras de 2001) were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 25 November 2001.

2001 Honduran general election

November 25, 2001
 
Nominee Ricardo Maduro Rafael Pineda Ponce
Party National Liberal
Popular vote 1,135,565 962,446
Percentage 52.2% 44.2%

President before election

Carlos Flores
Liberal

Elected President

Ricardo Maduro
National

Presidential election

Five candidates stood for election, representing the five parties with parliamentary representation. They were won by the National Party's Ricardo Maduro, who won over 50% of the vote, beating his nearest rival by 8%.

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest National Party 1,135,565 52.2%
Rafael Pineda Ponce Liberal Party 962,446 44.2%
Olban Valladares Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy 31,561 1.4%
Matias Funes Democratic Unification Party 24,075 1.1%
Marco Orlando Iriarte Christian Democrat Party 21,056 1.0%
Total 2,174,703 100%
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive
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Parliamentary election

The parliamentary elections were narrowly won by the National Party, who took 61 of the 128 seats.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras) 967,733 46.5% 61
Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras ) 850,290 40.8% 55
Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy (Partido de Inovación y Unidad-Social Democracia) 95,059 4.6% 4
Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrática) 92,818 4.5% 5
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras) 76,886 3.7% 3
Total (turnout 66.3%) 2,082,786 100% 128
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive
Popular vote
PNH
46.46%
PLH
40.82%
PINU-SD
4.56%
PUD
4.46%
DC
3.69%
Parliament seats
PNH
47.66%
PLH
42.97%
PUD
3.91%
PINU-SD
3.13%
DC
2.34%
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