2021 Honduran general election
election in Honduras
General elections were held in Honduras on 28 November 2021. In this election, voters got to elect the President of Honduras, to replace Juan Orlando Hernández. Also up for election are the 128 deputies of the National Congress, 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament, 298 mayors and 298 vice mayors, as well as 2,092 council members.
Xiomara Castro of Libre was elected president, which made her the first female president-elect of Honduras, the person with the most vote in the history of Honduras, and ended 12 years of conservative National Party rule.[1]
Presidential candidates
changePresidential results
changeCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Xiomara Castro | Liberty and Refoundation | 1,716,793 | 51.12 | |
Nasry Asfura | National Party | 1,240,260 | 36.93 | |
Yani Rosenthal | Liberal Party | 335,762 | 10.00 | |
Milton Benítez | Humane Honduras | 8,857 | 0.26 | |
Carlos Mauricio Portillo | Christian Democratic Party | 7,103 | 0.21 | |
Romeo Vásquez Velásquez | Honduran Patriotic Alliance | 6,556 | 0.20 | |
Kelin Pérez Gómez | Broad Front | 6,053 | 0.18 | |
Esdras Amado López | New Route | 5,911 | 0.18 | |
Alexander Mira | Savior Party of Honduras | 5,711 | 0.17 | |
Marlon Escoto | We are all Honduras | 5,382 | 0.16 | |
Alfonso Díaz Narváez | Democratic Unification Party | 5,081 | 0.15 | |
Julio Lopéz Casaca | Anti-Corruption Party | 4,181 | 0.12 | |
José Coto García | Go-Solidary Movement | 3,768 | 0.11 | |
Lempira Cuauhtemoc Viana | Democratic Liberation Party | 3,361 | 0.10 | |
Santos Orlando Rodriguez Orellana | Independent Movement Dignity and Hope | 3,274 | 0.10 | |
Total | 3,358,053 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 3,358,053 | 93.79 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 222,474 | 6.21 | ||
Total votes | 3,580,527 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,182,425 | 69.09 | ||
Source: CNE |
References
change- ↑ "Opposition candidate Xiomara Castro elected Honduras' first female president". UPI. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.