2001 Honduran general election

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25 November 2001

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Presidential election

Turnout

66.27% (

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

Results by department

Results by municipalityMaduro: 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

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General elections were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 25 November 2001. 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.

Closed list PR used to elect Congress.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest	National Party	1,137,734	52.21
	Rafael Pineda Ponce	Liberal Party	964,590	44.26
	Olban Valladares	Innovation and Unity Party–Social-Democracy	31,666	1.45
	Matias Funes	Democratic Unification Party	24,102	1.11
	Marco Orlando Iriarte	Christian Democratic Party	21,089	0.97
Total			2,179,181	100.00

Valid votes			2,179,181	95.37
Invalid/blank votes			105,886	4.63
Total votes			2,285,067	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,448,280	66.27
Source: Nohlen

National Congress



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Party	967,733	46.46	61	+6
	Liberal Party	850,290	40.82	55	–17
	Innovation and Unity Party–Social Democracy	95,059	4.56	4	+1
	Democratic Unification Party	92,818	4.46	5	+4
	Christian Democratic Party	76,886	3.69	3	+1
Total		2,082,786	100.00	128	–5

Valid votes		2,082,786	91.38
Invalid/blank votes		196,580	8.62
Total votes		2,279,366	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,437,454	66.31
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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