2005 Honduran general election

none December 2021 Honduras 1949 2001 Honduran general election 2001 2009 Honduran general election 2009 27 November 2005 yes presidential Presidential election Manuel Zelaya (Brasília, 03 April 2006).jpeg Manuel Zelaya Liberal Party of Honduras Elvin Santos 999,006 49.90% Pepe Lobo 2010-01-27.jpg Porfirio Lobo Sosa National Party of Honduras Mario Canahuati 925,243 46.22% 300px Results by department 300px Results by municipality 1 Zelaya: #de8787 40–50% #d35f5f 50–60% #c83737 60–70% #a02c2c 70–80% #782121 80–90% Tie: #D4C4DC 40–50% Lobo: #87aade 40–50% #5f8dd3 50–60% #3771c8 60–70% President Ricardo Maduro National Party of Honduras Manuel Zelaya Liberal Party of Honduras yes no yes Parliamentary election All 128 seats in the National Congress 65 Liberal Party of Honduras 55 62 44.84 National Party of Honduras 61 55 40.42 Democratic Unification Party 5 5 5.67 Innovation and Unity Party 4 2 4.66 Christian Democratic Party of Honduras 3 4 4.40 Results of the congressional election President of the Congress Porfirio Lobo Sosa National Party of Honduras Roberto Micheletti Liberal Party of Honduras 55.08% ( 11.19pp) General elections were held in Honduras to elect the President of Honduras, vice-president, and deputies to the National Congress of Honduras on 27 November 2005. The incumbent President of Honduras, Ricardo Maduro, was term limited. For this election, the constitution was amended to create a single vice-president (Hondurans previously elected three 'presidential designates' on a ticket along with the presidential candidate). For the 2005 election the system of proportional representation was also changed from a closed list to an open list — the parties also used open-list primaries to select candidate slates. The list system reduced the re-election rate of incumbents, with just 31% of deputies in the new Congress having seats in the 2002–2006 Congress. Primaries Primary elections (internal party elections) were held for the first time in Honduras in this election, in February 2005. Only the Liberal Party and National Party participated in these elections, since the smaller parties lack significant factions. They were supervised by the official electoral body, and the 72-hour ban on the sale of alcohol which accompanies all official elections was also imposed over that weekend. 45% of the electorate voted in the primaries: 24% for the Liberals and 21% for the National Party. According to the Country Report quoted in the U.C. San Diego Library Latin American election results, "The low participation rate in the primaries . . . is a reflection of the lack of public faith in Honduras's political institutions and leaders." The electoral law requirement that women comprise at least 30% of candidates was not fulfilled by any faction in the primaries.U.C. San Diego Library Latin American election results https://web.archive.org/web/20090717061207/http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/resources/featured-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/honduras/19982007.html 2009-07-17 . Retrieved 2009. Campaign There were five presidential candidates; Carlos Sosa Coello (Innovation and Unity Party), Porfirio Pepe Lobo (National Party), Manuel Zelaya (Liberal Party), Juan Almendares (Democratic Unification Party) and Juan Ramón Martínez (Christian Democrats). Porfirio Pepe Lobo led by a wide margin for much of the campaign. "However, as the contest got dirtier, Zelaya — who was on the receiving end of more of the negative campaigning (portraying him as corrupt and incapable of running the country) — benefited from popular support for the underdog."Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson (2007), "Presidential and congressional elections in Honduras, November 2005", Electoral Studies, 26 (2), pp 521-524 Analyses after the election concluded that many National Party supporters stayed at home, confident of Lobo's victory, while the Liberal Party got its supporters to the polls. Results President According to an exit poll published by a local TV channel, Zelaya was ahead by 50.6 percent, against Lobo's 44.3%. However, Lobo, the National Party candidate did not accept the result of the election, arguing that the figures his own party had actually put him ahead in the race. The National Party had asked for a vote recount, accusing the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the country's top electoral authority, of having committed gross errors in the process and 48 hours later had not allegedly still not produced any official results. Finally, after 10 days of waiting the National Party conceded the elections to Manuel Zelaya, the Liberal Party candidate and now, the president elect. Manuel Zelaya Liberal Party 999006 Porfirio Lobo Sosa National Party 925243 Juan Ángel Almendares Bonilla Democratic Unification Party 29754 Juan Ramón Martínez Christian Democratic Party 27812 Carlos Sosa Coello Innovation and Unity Party 20093 188490 3976550 TSE By department DepartmentZelayaLobo SosaAlmendaresMartínezSosa Coello Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %Atlántida39,13649.2% 37,661 47.3% 919 1.2% 740 0.9% 1,116 1.4%Bay Islands5,73850.0% 5,568 48.6% 40 0.4% 71 0.6% 51 0.4%Choluteca 57,273 46.5%62,94151.1% 732 0.6% 1,426 1.2% 819 0.7%Colón31,56456.0% 22,764 40.4% 1,474 2.6% 371 0.7% 232 0.4%Comayagua52,28852.1% 45,238 45.0% 1,137 1.1% 974 1.0% 795 0.8%Copán45,00750.9% 41,166 46.6% 756 0.9% 773 0.9% 692 0.8%Cortés139,84851.4% 116,169 42.7% 5,585 2.1% 5,599 2.1% 4,946 1.8%El Paraíso65,11056.0% 48,975 42.1% 928 0.8% 805 0.7% 539 0.5%Francisco Morazán 165,553 44.7%182,63749.3% 8,442 2.3% 8,554 2.3% 5,628 1.5%Gracias a Dios6,86859.3% 4,196 36.2% 173 1.5% 260 2.3% 83 0.7%Intibucá 25,724 45.3%28,63750.4% 943 1.7% 1,032 1.8% 488 0.9%La Paz23,57552.1% 19,939 44.1% 812 1.8% 533 1.2% 357 0.8%Lempira 30,458 46.7%33,41651.2% 384 0.6% 594 0.9% 371 0.6%Ocotepeque21,41153.8% 17,388 43.7% 250 0.6% 416 1.1% 335 0.8%Olancho63,49851.5% 57,636 46.7% 833 0.7% 839 0.7% 527 0.4%Santa Bárbara60,27951.7% 53,263 45.7% 1,586 1.4% 873 0.8% 519 0.5%Valle25,99050.5% 24,302 47.2% 354 0.7% 691 1.3% 172 0.3%Yoro55,55453.2% 44,392 42.5% 2,377 2.3% 1,159 1.1% 1,003 1.0% Source: Adam Carr National Congress Zelaya's Liberal Party also emerged victorious in the parliamentary election, winning 62 of the 128 seats. File:Honduras National Congress 2005.svg Liberal Party 7746806 62 +7 National Party 6983056 55 –6 Democratic Unification Party 979480 5 0 Innovation and Unity Party 805413 2 –2 Christian Democratic Party 760161 4 +1 0 2001908 188490 3977073 PDBA, IPU, Election Passport References Honduras Category:Parliamentary elections in Honduras General Category:Presidential elections in Honduras Honduras