2001 Honduran general election

General elections were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 25 November 2001.[1] Ricardo Maduro of the National Party was elected president with over 50% of the vote, while the National Party emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 61 of the 128 seats.

2001 Honduran general election

25 November 2001
Presidential election
 
Liberal
Nominee Ricardo Maduro Rafael Pineda Ponce
Party National Liberal
Popular vote 1,137,734 964,590
Percentage 52.21% 44.26%

Maduro:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Ponce:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

President before election

Carlos Flores
Liberal

Elected President

Ricardo Maduro
National

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro JoestNational Party1,137,73452.21
Rafael Pineda PonceLiberal Party964,59044.26
Olban ValladaresInnovation and Unity Party–Social-Democracy31,6661.45
Matias FunesDemocratic Unification Party24,1021.11
Marco Orlando IriarteChristian Democratic Party21,0890.97
Total2,179,181100.00
Valid votes2,179,18195.37
Invalid/blank votes105,8864.63
Total votes2,285,067100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,448,28066.27
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Party967,73346.4661+6
Liberal Party850,29040.8255–17
Innovation and Unity Party–Social Democracy95,0594.564+1
Democratic Unification Party92,8184.465+4
Christian Democratic Party76,8863.693+1
Total2,082,786100.00128–5
Valid votes2,082,78691.38
Invalid/blank votes196,5808.62
Total votes2,279,366100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,437,45466.31
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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