1887 Honduran presidential election

none Presidential elections were held in Honduras on 28 February 1887. The result was a victory for the incumbent president Luis Bográn.Elections and Events 1875-1899 https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041628/https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/Honduras/18751899.html 2017-12-01 The Library, UC San DiegoFinney Kenneth V. 1979 Rosario and the Election of 1887: The Political Economy of Mining in Honduras https://www.jstor.org/stable/2514137 The Hispanic American Historical Review 59 1 81–107 10.2307/2514137 0018-2168 subscription Background In January Bográn convened a council of notables to discuss a potential successor. Despite stating that he was opposed to the idea of re-election in his opening speech, a majority of the members of the council requested he contest the elections. Bográn's main opponent was former president Céleo Arias, who was supported by Policarpo Bonilla. Results The election was described as "one of the freest, least violent, and perhaps even fairest ballotings in the country's history". Luis Bográn 38394 Céleo Arias 5326 Others 779 UCSD References Honduras Presidential Category:Presidential elections in Honduras Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:February 1887 in North America