General elections were held in
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
to elect a
president
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and
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on 30 November 1997. They were also the first elections in which the left wing
Democratic Unification Party
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was allowed to stand. Closed list PR was used to elect Congress.
Carlos Roberto Flores
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of the
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was elected president, defeating
Nora Gúnera de Melgar who was the first woman to stand for the Presidency. Major campaign issues were crime and rising living standards.
Honduras
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President
National Congress
References
Bibliography
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Presidential elections in Honduras
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...