2005 Honduran general election

2005 Honduran general election

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Turnout	55.08% ( 11.19pp)
Presidential election
Nominee Manuel Zelaya Porfirio Lobo Sosa Party Liberal National Running mate Elvin Santos Mario Canahuati Popular vote 999,006 925,243 Percentage 49.90% 46.22%
Results by department Results by municipality Zelaya:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Tie:      40–50% Lobo:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
President before election Ricardo Maduro National Elected President Manuel Zelaya Liberal
Parliamentary election
All 128 seats in the National Congress 65 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/– Liberal 44.84 62 +7 National 40.42 55 −6 UD 5.67 5 0 PINU 4.66 2 −2 CD 4.40 4 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President of the Congress before President of the Congress after Porfirio Lobo Sosa National Roberto Micheletti Liberal

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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.^[1]