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2005 Honduran general election

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Field	Value
country	Honduras
flag_year	1949
previous_election	2001 Honduran general election
previous_year	2001
next_election	2009 Honduran general election
next_year	2009
election_date	27 November 2005
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
type	presidential
election_name	Presidential election
image1	Manuel Zelaya (Brasília, 03 April 2006).jpeg
nominee1	Manuel Zelaya
party1	Liberal Party of Honduras
running_mate1	Elvin Santos
popular_vote1	999,006
percentage1	49.90%
image2	Pepe Lobo 2010-01-27.jpg
nominee2	Porfirio Lobo Sosa
party2	National Party of Honduras
running_mate2	Mario Canahuati
popular_vote2	925,243
percentage2	46.22%
map_image
map_caption	Zelaya:
Tie:
Lobo:
title	President
before_election	Ricardo Maduro
before_party	National Party of Honduras
after_election	Manuel Zelaya
after_party	Liberal Party of Honduras
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
ongoing	no
noleader	yes
election_name	Parliamentary election
seats_for_election	All 128 seats in the National Congress
majority_seats	65
party1	Liberal Party of Honduras
last_election1	55
seats1	62
percentage1	44.84
party2	National Party of Honduras
last_election2	61
seats2	55
percentage2	40.42
party3	Democratic Unification Party
last_election3	5
seats3	5
percentage3	5.67
party4	Innovation and Unity Party
last_election4	4
seats4	2
percentage4	4.66
party5	Christian Democratic Party of Honduras
last_election5	3
seats5	4
percentage5	4.40
map_caption	Results of the congressional election
title	President of the Congress
before_election	Porfirio Lobo Sosa
before_party	National Party of Honduras
after_election	Roberto Micheletti
after_party	Liberal Party of Honduras
turnout	55.08% ( 11.19pp)

Tie:
Lobo:

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. For the 2005 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.

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."

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.

By department

Department	Zelaya	Lobo Sosa	Almendares	Martínez	Sosa Coello	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
Atlántida	39,136	49.2%	37,661	47.3%	919	1.2%	740	0.9%	1,116	1.4%
Bay Islands	5,738	50.0%	5,568	48.6%	40	0.4%	71	0.6%	51	0.4%
Choluteca	57,273	46.5%	62,941	51.1%	732	0.6%	1,426	1.2%	819	0.7%
Colón	31,564	56.0%	22,764	40.4%	1,474	2.6%	371	0.7%	232	0.4%
Comayagua	52,288	52.1%	45,238	45.0%	1,137	1.1%	974	1.0%	795	0.8%
Copán	45,007	50.9%	41,166	46.6%	756	0.9%	773	0.9%	692	0.8%
Cortés	139,848	51.4%	116,169	42.7%	5,585	2.1%	5,599	2.1%	4,946	1.8%
El Paraíso	65,110	56.0%	48,975	42.1%	928	0.8%	805	0.7%	539	0.5%
Francisco Morazán	165,553	44.7%	182,637	49.3%	8,442	2.3%	8,554	2.3%	5,628	1.5%
Gracias a Dios	6,868	59.3%	4,196	36.2%	173	1.5%	260	2.3%	83	0.7%
Intibucá	25,724	45.3%	28,637	50.4%	943	1.7%	1,032	1.8%	488	0.9%
La Paz	23,575	52.1%	19,939	44.1%	812	1.8%	533	1.2%	357	0.8%
Lempira	30,458	46.7%	33,416	51.2%	384	0.6%	594	0.9%	371	0.6%
Ocotepeque	21,411	53.8%	17,388	43.7%	250	0.6%	416	1.1%	335	0.8%
Olancho	63,498	51.5%	57,636	46.7%	833	0.7%	839	0.7%	527	0.4%
Santa Bárbara	60,279	51.7%	53,263	45.7%	1,586	1.4%	873	0.8%	519	0.5%
Valle	25,990	50.5%	24,302	47.2%	354	0.7%	691	1.3%	172	0.3%
Yoro	55,554	53.2%	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.

References

[http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/resources/featured-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/honduras/19982007.html U.C. San Diego Library ''Latin American election results''] {{webarchive. link. (2009-07-17 . Retrieved 2009.)
Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson (2007), "Presidential and congressional elections in Honduras, November 2005", ''Electoral Studies'', 26 (2), pp 521-524

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