Chief of State and Head of Government: President Ricardo MADURO JOEST
Assembly: Honduras has a unicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) with 128 seats.
Description of
electoral system:
The president is elected by popular vote to serve a four-year term.
In the National Congress (Congreso Nacional), 128 members are elected by direct vote to serve four-year terms.
Main parties in the electoral race:
Party: Christian Democratic Party of Honduras / Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras (DC)
Leader: Juan Ramón MARTÍNEZ
Seats won in last election: 4
Party: Democratic Unification Party / Partido Unificación Democrática (UD)
Leader: Juan ALMENDÁREZ BONILLA
Seats won in last election: 5
Party: Liberal Party of Honduras / Partido Liberal de Honduras
Leader: Manuel ZELAYA ROSALES
Seats won in last election: 55
Party: Party for Innovation and Unity / Partido de Inovación y Unidad (PINU)
Leader: Carlos SOSA CUELLO
Seats won in last election: 3
Party: National Party of Honduras / Partido Nacional de Honduras
Leader: Porfirio LOBO SOSA
Seats won in last election: 61
When was the last election?
Legislative elections were last held on November 25, 2001.
Population
and number of registered voters:
Population: 6,975,204 (July 2005 est.)
Number of registered voters:3,900,000 (est.)
Of interest:
Presidential and mayoral elections will also be held on November 27.
The vote is compulsory for all citizens aged 18 or older.
This is the first time in Honduras that an open list system has been used in legislative elections. This is also the first legislative race in which public primary elections were held.
SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES)
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