Honduras National Congress has 128 members (diputados); they serve four-year terms. Honduras elects on national level a

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– the

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– and a

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. The

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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 Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

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

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, but used to have a

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, which means that there were two dominant political parties: the

Liberal Party of Honduras The Liberal Party of Honduras ( Spanish: ''Partido Liberal de Honduras)'' is a centrist liberal political party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. It is the oldest extant political party in the country, and one of the two main parties that ...

(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

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s and election results in the Honduras.

Primary elections of 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

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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.

Primary elections of Honduras

General elections of Honduras

Schedule

Election

Inauguration

Recent elections

2005 Presidential election

2009 Presidential and parliamentary elections

2013 Presidential and parliamentary elections

2017 Presidential and parliamentary elections

See also

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