Politics of Honduras

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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. The President of the Philippines meets with the President of the United States. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... This page lists presidents of Honduras. ... The National Congress (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras. ... Proportional representation (PR) is any election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ... The Central American nation of Honduras is currently divided into 18 departments (departamentos). ...

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 (DU), the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (DC) and the Innovation and Unity Party (PINU) A two-party system is a type of party system where only two political parties have a realistic chance of winning an election. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ... The Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras) is a liberal party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. ... The National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras PNH) is a conservative party in Honduras. ... Democratic Unification Party (in Spanish: Partido Unificación Democrática) is a political party in Honduras. ... The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras) is a political party in Honduras. ... Innovation and Unity Party (Spanish: Partido Innovación y Unidad, PINU) is a political party in Honduras, established in 1970. ...

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 Sosa (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. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Ongoing events • Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief Upcoming events • March 11: Red Nose Day 2005 in the UK. Deaths in February • 26 – Jef Raskin • 25 – Hugh Nibley • 25 – Peter Benenson • 21... In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page lists presidents of Honduras. ... Manuel Zelaya is the Liberal Party of Honduras candidate for President of Honduras in the November 2005 elections. ...

However, Lobo does not accept his defeat, arguing that the figures his own party has actually put him ahead in the race. The National Party is asking for a individual vote count. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal Supremo Electoral - TSE), the country's top authority in election matters, commited gross errors in te process and 48 hours later had not produced any official results. This tribunal (TSE) is presided by a member of the Liberal Party (Aristides Mejia), who only a few hours after the electoral process was closed, precipitated to declare his fellow party-member Mel Zelaya the new "President-elect" based on information called-in via telephone from just 151 ballot boxes. There are close to 15,000 ballot boxes nationwide.

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. November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Pres. ...

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the countries listed in the list of countries. ...

External links

• Electionworld
• Adam Carr's Election Archive for Honduras
• Panorama Presidencial on NuevaMayoria.com (in Spanish)