Honduran general election, 2001
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General elections were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 25 November 2001.
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[edit] Presidential election
Five candidates stood for election, representing the five parties with parliamentary representation. They were won by the National Party's Ricardo Maduro, who won over 50% of the vote, beating his nearest rival by 8%.
[edit] Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest | National Party | 1,135,565 | 52.2% |
| Rafael Pineda Ponce | Liberal Party | 962,446 | 44.2% |
| Olban Valladares | Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy | 31,561 | 1.4% |
| Matias Funes | Democratic Unification Party | 24,075 | 1.1% |
| Marco Orlando Iriarte | Christian Democrat Party | 21,056 | 1.0% |
| Total | 2,174,703 | 100% | |
| Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive | |||
[edit] Parliamentary election
The parliamentary elections were narrowly won by the National Party, who took 61 of the 128 seats.
[edit] Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras) | 967,733 | 46.5% | 61 |
| Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras ) | 850,290 | 40.8% | 55 |
| Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy (Partido de Inovación y Unidad-Social Democracia) | 95,059 | 4.6% | 4 |
| Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrática) | 92,818 | 4.5% | 5 |
| Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras) | 76,886 | 3.7% | 3 |
| Total (turnout 66.3%) | 2,082,786 | 100% | 128 |
| Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive | |||
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