Elections in Honduras

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

Honduras
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Honduras

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. Elections in Honduras gives information on elections and election results in the Honduras.

Primary elections of Honduras
Main article: Primary elections in 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
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

Inauguration
Position201020112012201320142017
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

Recent elections

2017 Presidential and parliamentary elections
Main article: 2017 Honduran general election

2013 Presidential and parliamentary elections
Main article: 2013 Honduran general election

2009 Presidential and parliamentary elections
Main article: 2009 Honduran general election

Disputed in the wake of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis

2005 Presidential election
 Summary of the 27 November 2005 Honduras presidential election results
Candidates and nominating parties Votes %
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales - Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras ) 999,006 45.6%
Porfirio Lobo Sosa - National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras) 923,243 42.2%
Juan Ángel Almendares Bonilla - Democratic Unification Party (Unificación Democrática) 29,754 1.4%
Juan Ramón Martínez - Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras) 27,812 1.3%
Carlos Sosa Coello - Innovation and Unity Party (Partido Innovación y Unidad) 20,093 0.9%
Valid Votes Total 2,000,908 91.5%
Null 133,351 6.1%
Blank 55,139 2.5%
Total 2,190,398 100.0%
Registered voters 3,976,550 55.1%
Source: TSE Honduras government election website

2005 Parliamentary election
 Summary of the 27 November 2005 National Congress of Honduras election results
Parties Seats
Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras) 62
National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras) 55
Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrática) 5
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras) 4
Innovation and Unity Party (Partido Innovación y Unidad) 2
Total votes: 1,833,710 (turnout 45.97 %) 128
Registered voters: 3,988,605
Source regarding number of votes IPU Parline
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See also
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