Honduras National Congress has 128 members (diputados); they serve four-year terms.
Honduras elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The President of Honduras is elected for a four-year term by the people by a simple majority of valid votes (nulls and blanks excluded). The unicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) has 128 members (diputados), elected for four-year term by proportional representation to represent the country's various departments. Honduras' presidential elections are held on the last Sunday of November of the election year.
Honduras has a multi-party system, but used to have a two-party system, which means that there were two dominant political parties: the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) and the National Party of Honduras (PNH). Ahead of the 2013 general election various new parties emerged as contenders for power and influence.
See main article: Primary elections in Honduras. Primary elections in Honduras, are mechanisms by means of which the political parties of the country choose their presidential candidates, held during the third year in office of the current government. These primary elections are not compulsory, nor paid for by the state The electoral high court of Honduras regulates this process, and the National Register of the People is an organism of support that gives legitimacy to the electoral process.
General elections in Honduras are held during the fourth year in office of the government, some months before finalising his mandate and a year after the primary elections that chose the presidential candidates of each political party. In them they renewed the headlines of the charges of popular election of the Republic of Honduras.
| Position | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Presidential (November) National Congress (November) Gubernatorial (November) | None | Presidential (November) National Congress (November) Gubernatorial (November) Central American Parliament(November) | Presidential (November) National Congress (November) Central American Parliament(November) Mayoral (November) | |||
| President and vice president | President and vice president | None | President and vice president | President and vice president | |||
| National Congress | All seats | None | All seats | All seats | |||
| Provinces, cities and municipalities | All positions | None | All positions | All positions | |||
| Central American Parliament | All seats | None | All seats | All seats | |||
| Position | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Presidential (January) National Congress (January) Gubernatorial (January) | None | Presidential (January) National Congress (January) Gubernatorial (January) Central American Parliament (January) | Presidential (January) National Congress (January) Central American Parliament (January) Mayoral (January) | |||
| President and vice president | 27 January | None | 27 January | 27 January | |||
| National Congress | 27 January | None | 27 January | 27 January | |||
| Provinces, cities and municipalities | 27 January | None | 27 January | 27 January | |||
| Central American Parliament | 27 January | None | 27 January | 27 January | |||
See main article: 2005 Honduran general election.
See main article: 2009 Honduran general election. Disputed in the wake of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
See main article: 2013 Honduran general election.
See main article: 2017 Honduran general election.