Honduras

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The National Congress (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.

The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The President of the National Congress of Honduras is José Alfredo Saavedra.^[1] Its members are 128 deputies, who are elected on a proportional representation basis, by department, to serve four-year terms. Prior to 1997, deputies were elected indirectly, with congressional party strengths determined by the proportion of votes cast for the corresponding candidates in the concurrent presidential election. Since that date, however, separate elections have been held for the legislature and for national and local executives, and the country's deputies have been elected directly.

The most recent election was held November 2009.

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e • d Summary of the 27 November 2005 National Congress of Honduras election results

Parties	Seats
Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras)	62
National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras)	55
Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrática)	5
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras)	4
Innovation and Unity Party (Partido Innovación y Unidad)	2
Total votes: 1,833,710 (turnout 45.97 %)	128
Registered voters: 3,988,605
Source regarding number of votes IPU Parline

The previous election was held on 25 November 2001. Following that election (which saw Ricardo Maduro elected president), party strengths in Congress stood as follows:

e • d Summary of the 25 November 2001 Honduras National Congress (Congreso Nacional) election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras)		46.5	61
Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras )		40.8	55
Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy (Partido de Inovación y Unidad-Social Democracia)		4.6	4
Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrática)		4.5	5
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras)		3,7	3
Total (turnout 66.3 %)			128

Honduras also returns deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.

[edit] Legislative Palace

Congress meets in a purpose-built legislative palace (Palacio Legislativo) in the centre of Tegucigalpa. Of a modernist design, it is painted in an array of bright colours and rests on a series of concrete pillars that separate it from the ground.

[edit] External links

• National Congress of Honduras

Coordinates: 14°06′14″N 87°12′18″W / 14.10375°N 87.20495°W / 14.10375; -87.20495

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