2009 Honduran general election

2009 Honduran general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	49.88%
Nominee Porfirio Lobo Sosa Elvin Santos Party National Liberal Popular vote 1,213,695 817,524 Percentage 56.56% 38.10%
Results by department Results by municipality Lobo:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Santos:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
President before election Roberto Micheletti Liberal Elected President Porfirio Lobo Sosa National
Parliamentary election
All 128 seats in the National Congress 65 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/– National Ricardo Álvarez Arias 53.37 71 +26 Liberal Mauricio Villeda 30.78 45 −17 PINU Carlos Sosa Coello 6.43 3 +1 CD Lucas Evangelisto Aguilera 4.88 5 +1 UD Matías Funes 4.51 4 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results of the congressional election President of the Congress before President of the Congress after José Alfredo Saavedra (acting) Liberal Juan Orlando Hernández National

General elections were held in Honduras on 29 November 2009, including presidential, parliamentary and local elections.^[1][2] Voters went to the polls to elect:

• A new President of Honduras to serve a four-year term starting on 27 January 2010.
• 128 members to serve a four-year term in the National Congress.
• Representatives in municipal (local) governments.

The possibility of having a "fourth ballot box" (Spanish: cuarta urna) at the 29 November election regarding the convocation of a National Constituent Assembly^[3] constituted a major element of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.