The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (

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: ''Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras),'' known by the abbreviation DC, is a

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. At the legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, DC won 3.7% of the popular vote and three out of 128 seats in the National Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Marco Orlando Iriarte, won 1.0% of the vote. In the

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of 27 November 2005, the party won four out of 128 seats in the

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. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Juan Ramón Martínez won 1.4%. DC's candidate in the 2009 presidential election was Felicito Ávila. The party supported the interim government of

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which came to power in the

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, itself a part of the

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Orle Solís Orle Aníbal Solís Meraz (born 22 August 1953) is a Honduran lawyer and politician. He ran an unsuccessful campaign as the presidential candidate of the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras during the 2013 presidential elections. Since 2002 he ...

was the party's candidate for the 2013 presidential elections.

References

External links

Official web site
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