General elections were held in Honduras

Honduras

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

 to elect a president and parliament on 25 November 2001.

Presidential election

Five candidates stood for election, representing the five parties with parliamentary representation. They were won by the National Party

National Party of Honduras

The National Party is a centre-right conservative political party in Honduras and the main right-wing political party in the country. Founded in 1902 the PNH is identified with the color blue as its rival the Liberal Party of Honduras , is red. All the democratic elections in Honduras have been...

's Ricardo Maduro

Ricardo Maduro

Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest is a former President of Honduras and Bank of Honduras chairman. Maduro graduated from The Lawrenceville School and later Stanford University...

, who won over 50% of the vote, beating his nearest rival by 8%.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest Ricardo Maduro Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest is a former President of Honduras and Bank of Honduras chairman. Maduro graduated from The Lawrenceville School and later Stanford University...	National Party National Party of Honduras The National Party is a centre-right conservative political party in Honduras and the main right-wing political party in the country. Founded in 1902 the PNH is identified with the color blue as its rival the Liberal Party of Honduras , is red. All the democratic elections in Honduras have been...	1,135,565	52.2%
Rafael Pineda Ponce Rafael Pineda Ponce Rafael Pineda Ponce is a Honduran politician for the Liberal Party of Honduras . He served as Minister of Education under the presidency of Manuel Zelaya from 2006 to 2007...	Liberal Party Liberal Party of Honduras The Liberal Party of Honduras is a centre-left liberal political party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. The party is a member of the Liberal International...	962,446	44.2%
Olban Valladares	Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy	31,561	1.4%
Matias Funes	Democratic Unification Party Democratic Unification Party The Democratic Unification Party is a left-wing political party in Honduras. PUD was founded on 29 September 1992 by the merger of four leftist clandestine or semiclandestine political parties, in the context of the changed political situation in Central America at that period, following the end...	24,075	1.1%
Marco Orlando Iriarte	Christian Democrat Party Christian Democratic Party of Honduras The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras , known by the abbreviation DC, is a centre-left political party in Honduras....	21,056	1.0%
Total		2,174,703	100%
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive

Parliamentary election

The parliamentary elections were narrowly won by the National Party, who took 61 of the 128 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Party of Honduras National Party of Honduras The National Party is a centre-right conservative political party in Honduras and the main right-wing political party in the country. Founded in 1902 the PNH is identified with the color blue as its rival the Liberal Party of Honduras , is red. All the democratic elections in Honduras have been...  (Partido Nacional de Honduras)	967,733	46.5%	61
Liberal Party of Honduras Liberal Party of Honduras The Liberal Party of Honduras is a centre-left liberal political party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. The party is a member of the Liberal International...  (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 Democratic Unification Party The Democratic Unification Party is a left-wing political party in Honduras. PUD was founded on 29 September 1992 by the merger of four leftist clandestine or semiclandestine political parties, in the context of the changed political situation in Central America at that period, following the end...  (Partido de Unificación Democrática)	92,818	4.5%	5
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras Christian Democratic Party of Honduras The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras , known by the abbreviation DC, is a centre-left political party in 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