Honduras
Description of Electoral System
(Courtesy of IFES Election Guide)
The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term. In National Congress (Congreso Nacional) 128 members are elected by direct vote to serve a 4-year term.
Elections 2009
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal began the activities related to the elections that took place in 2009. By the end of August 2007, the electoral schedule for primaries on 2008 was proposed to the five registered political parties, as well as the one corresponding to the general elections.
On November 30th, 2008 Hondurans voted at the primary elections of the following parties:
According to results published by the Tribunal Supremo Electoral, Mauricio Villeda was declared virtual winner with 56% of the votes cast, although only 11.34% had been counted at the time, to be the candidate of the Partido Liberal. He got more votes than the Parliament president, Roberto Micheletti, who obtained 26% of the preference of the voters.
The winner for the Partido Nacional, with 11.11% of the votes counted, was Porfirio Lobo, who got 78% of the votes cast, while Mario Canahuati only received 19%.
About 4.5 million Hondurans had the possibility to cast their vote to choose between the candidates that, on the general elections of November 29th, will run for the following offices:
- Presidence — for which the following are contenders:
Elvin Santos (Partido Liberal)
Porfirio Lobo Sosa (Partido Nacional)
Felicito Ávila (Democracia Cristiana)
César Ham (Unificación Democrática)
Bernard Martínez (PINU — Innovación y Unidad Social Demócrata)
Carlos H. Reyes (Independent Candidate)
- 128 seats to the National Congress
- 20 seats at the Central American Parliament
- 298 municipal authorities (298 mayors, 298 deputy mayors and 2,000 regents)
* did not choose its candidates through primaries
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