National Party of Honduras
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Centre-right
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conservative political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
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...
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
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...
(PLH), is red. All the democratic
Democracy
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elections in Honduras have been dominated by the competition between the PNH and the PLH. The PNH dominated the country between 1933–1957.
2001 elections
At the legislative electionsElections in Honduras
Elections in Honduras gives information on elections and election results in Honduras.Honduras elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The President of Honduras is elected for a four-year year term by the people by a simple majority of valid votes...
, 25 November 2001, the party won 46.5 % of the popular vote and 61 out of 128 seats in the National Congress of Honduras
National Congress of Honduras
The National Congress is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The current President of the National Congress of Honduras is Juan Orlando Hernández. Its members are 128 deputies, who are elected on a proportional representation...
. Its candidate at the presidential
President of Honduras
This page lists the Presidents of Honduras.Colonial Honduras declared its independence from Spain on 15 September 1821. From 5 January 1822 to 1 July 1823, Honduras was part of the First Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide....
elections, 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...
won 52.2 % and was elected president.
2005 elections
In the legislative electionsElections in Honduras
Elections in Honduras gives information on elections and election results in Honduras.Honduras elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The President of Honduras is elected for a four-year year term by the people by a simple majority of valid votes...
of 27 November 2005, the party won 55 out of 128 seats in the Congress
National Congress of Honduras
The National Congress is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The current President of the National Congress of Honduras is Juan Orlando Hernández. Its members are 128 deputies, who are elected on a proportional representation...
. Its candidate at the presidential
President of Honduras
This page lists the Presidents of Honduras.Colonial Honduras declared its independence from Spain on 15 September 1821. From 5 January 1822 to 1 July 1823, Honduras was part of the First Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide....
elections, Porfirio Pepe Lobo
Porfirio Pepe Lobo
Porfirio Lobo Sosa , known as Pepe Lobo, is the President of Honduras, a politician and agricultural landowner. A member of the National Party and a former deputy in the National Congress of Honduras from 1990, he was President of the National Congress of Honduras from 2002 to 2006...
won 46.2 % and was therefore defeated by Manuel Zelaya
Manuel Zelaya
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.Elected...
.
2009 elections
At the 2009 electionsHonduran general election, 2009
The Honduran general election, 2009 was held in Honduras on 29 November 2009, including presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Voters went to the polls to elect:*A new President of Honduras to serve a four-year term starting January 27, 2010....
the National Party candidate for president
President of Honduras
This page lists the Presidents of Honduras.Colonial Honduras declared its independence from Spain on 15 September 1821. From 5 January 1822 to 1 July 1823, Honduras was part of the First Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide....
, Porfirio Lobo Sosa won the presidency with over 1,212,846 votes and 56.56% of the national total compared with 816,874 votes and 38.1% of the national total for Elvin Santos of the 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...
, and in the elections to the National Congress of Honduras
National Congress of Honduras
The National Congress is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The current President of the National Congress of Honduras is Juan Orlando Hernández. Its members are 128 deputies, who are elected on a proportional representation...
the National Party won 71 seats ensuring a governmental majority.
See also
- ConservatismConservatismConservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...
- Conservatism worldwideConservatism worldwideThis article gives information on conservatism in diverse countries around the world. It is an overview of parties that adhere more or less to the ideas of political conservatism and is therefore a list of conservative parties by United Nations geoscheme.-Introduction:There is no such philosophy...
- Conservative political partiesConservative political partiesMany countries have political parties that are deemed to represent conservative, centre-right, or Tory views which may be referred to informally as conservative parties even if not explicitly named so...
- Conservatism in Honduras
External links
- National Party of Honduras official site