Elections in Honduras
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Elections in Honduras gives information on elections and election results in 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 year term by the people. 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 has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties: the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) and the National Party of Honduras (PNH). The other three registered parties, which all produce a candidate for the Presidential election, are the Democratic Unification Party (PUD), the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (DC) and the Innovation and Unity Party (PINU)
2005 election
Internal party elections were held in February 2005. Only the PLH and PNH participated in these elections, since the smaller parties lack significant factions. They were supervised by the official electoral body, and the 72 hour ban on the sale of alcohol which accompanies all official elections was also imposed over that weekend. The election for president and other national and local offices was held on 27 November 2005. The five candidates for President were Carlos Sosa Coello (PINU), Porfirio Pepe Lobo (PNH), Manuel Zelaya (PLH), Juan Almendares (PUD) and Juan Ramón Martínez (DC). 3,954,000 people had the right to vote. According to an exit poll published by a local tv channel, Zelaya was ahead by 50.6 percent, versus 44.3 percent by Lobo.
However, Lobo, the National Party candidate did not accept the result of the election, arguing that the figures his own party has have actually put him ahead in the race. The National Party had asked for a vote recount, accusing the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal Supremo Electoral - TSE), the country's top authority in election, of having committed gross errors in the process and 48 hours later had not allegedly still not produced any official results.
Finally, after 10 days of waiting the National Party conceded the elections to Manuel Zelaya, the Liberal Party candidate and now, the president elect.
2001 election
On 25 November 2001 elections took place that saw Ricardo Maduro (PNH) beat Pineda Ponce (PLH), the former gaining 1,137,734 votes and the latter 964,590 votes. The other 3 candidates were Olban Valladares (PINU), Arturo Corrales (DC) and Matías Fúnez (UD). An estimated one third of those with the right to vote did not do so. Template:Honduras legislative elections, 2001