Honduran general election, 1981

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General elections were held in Honduras on November 29, 1981.^[1] Each voter had a single vote to cast for a presidential candidate, with seats in the National Congress divided based on the share of the vote their presidential candidate had won. The result was a victory for Roberto Suazo Cordova and the Liberal Party. Voter turnout was 78.5%.^[2]

Results

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Seats
Liberal Party	Roberto Suazo Cordova	636,437	53.9	44
National Party	Ricardo Zuñiga	491,089	41.6	34
Innovation and Unity Party	Miguel Andonie Fernández	29,419	2.5	3
Christian Democratic Party	Hernán Corrales Padilla	19,163	1.6	1
Independent	Delgado Pérez	2,572	0.2	0
Independent	Mayorga Madrid	911	0.1	0
Independent	López López	514	0.0	0
Invalid/blank votes		34,674	–	–
Total		1,214,779	100	82
Source: Nohlen

Popular vote

PLH			53.93%
PNH			41.61%
PINU			2.49%
DC			1.62%
Others			0.34%

Parliament seats

PLH			53.66%
PNH			41.46%
PINU			3.66%
DC			1.22%

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p408

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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