HONDURAS : Political parties and elections
Election results include names of political parties. See for additional information about parties the List of political parties in Honduras. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Honduras.
On February 20, 2005 the PNH and the PLH held their internal party elections to decide who would represent these two parties in the forthcoming presidential elections in November. Porfirio Pepe Lobo became the PNH candidate. Manuel Zelaya became the Liberal Party candidate. The next general and presidential elections took place on November 27, 2005, with the result expected shortly. As of December 2005, it appears that Zelaya and the opposition Liberals defeated Lobo and the Nationals.
Summary of the 27 November 2005 Honduras presidential election resultsedit Votes %
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales - Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de 915,075 49.9 Honduras )
Porfirio Lobo Sosa - National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras) 846,493 46.2
Juan Ángel Almendares Bonilla - Democratic Unification Party (Unificación 27,731 1.5 Democrática)
Juan Ramón Martínez - Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido 25,722 1.4 Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras)
Carlos Sosa Coello - Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy (Partido de 18,689 1.0 Inovación y Unidad-Social Democracia)
Total (Turnout 46.0 %) 1,833,710 100.0%
Registered voters 3,988,605
Source: Honduras government election website through Adam Carr Summary of the 27 November 2005 Honduras National Congress Votes % Seats (Congreso Nacional) election resultsedit
Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras) 62
National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras) 55
Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrática) 5
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de 4 Honduras)
Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy (Partido de Inovación y 2 Unidad-Social Democracia)
Total (turnout 45,97 %) 1,833,710 128
Registered voters 3,988,605
Source regarding number of votes IPU Parline