Political party in Honduras
The
Liberal Party of Honduras
(
Spanish
:
Partido Liberal de Honduras)
is a
centrist
[2]
liberal
political party
in
Honduras
that was founded in 1891. It is the oldest extant political party in the country; further, it is one of the two main parties that have, until recently, dominated Honduran politics. The party is a member of the
Liberal International
. The PLH is identified with the colours red and white, as the flag
Francisco Morazan
used in most of his military campaigns during time of the
Central American Federal Republic
.
The party is against the legalisation of abortion, which is punishable by imprisonment in Honduras.
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History
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2005 elections
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The PLH won the closely contested 2005 presidential race, but at the moment
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the PNH has a majority in the
National Congress
due to an alliance with the
Christian Democrats
(Democracia Cristiana).
In the
general election
of 27 November 2005, the party won 62 out of 128 seats in the National Congress; and its presidential candidate,
Manuel Zelaya
, polled 49.9% to defeat the PNH's
Porfirio Pepe Lobo
, restoring the PLH as the presidential party. He was inaugurated on 27 January 2006.
Elected as a liberal, Zelaya shifted dramatically to the political left and
socialism
during his presidency, forging an alliance with the
Hugo Chavez
-linked
ALBA
,
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angering conservatives and his own Liberal Party. He was deposed by a
coup d'etat
in 2009 and replaced by
Roberto Micheletti
, also of the Liberal Party.
2009 elections
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At the
2009 elections
, which took place after the 2009 Honduran coup d'etat that removed
Manuel Zelaya
from power, the Liberal Party suffered a heavy defeat by the National Party, with the Nationals' candidate for
president
,
Porfirio Lobo Sosa
, winning the presidency with (according to the Electoral Tribunal) over 1,212,846 votes and 56.56% of the national total of valid votes (in all participation as acknowledged by the tribunal was of 41%) compared with 816,874 votes and 38.1% of the national total for Liberal candidate
Elvin Santos
. In the elections for the
National Congress of Honduras
the Liberal Party won a total of 45 seats, dropping from its previous 61. The elections were held under a tense political atmosphere without the accustomed OAS observers and under a decree restricting civil rights with the elected president Zelaya under military siege in the Brazilian embassy at Tegucigalpa. Sectors opposed to the 2009 coup claim the participation was much less than reported by the authorities, but this claim has not been verified.
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In 2011, Zelaya's supporters left the Liberal Party and founded
Liberty and Refoundation
.
Recent activities
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Following Zelaya's split, the Liberal Party has seen a decline in its support, with Liberty and Refoundation becoming the National Party's main rival. At the
2013 election
, liberal candidate
Mauricio Villeda
got 20.3% of votes, finishing third.
The party further declined in the
2017 election
; its candidate Luis Zelaya only obtained 14.74% of the vote, and again finished third. However, the party maintained its 26 seats in the parliament. The Liberal Party denounced the result as fraudulent.
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Electoral results
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Presidential elections
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Election
|
Party candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Result
|
1891
|
Policarpo Bonilla
|
15,300
|
30.81%
|
Lost
N
|
1894
|
Policarpo Bonilla
|
42,667
|
98.84%
|
Elected
Y
|
1898
|
Terencio Sierra
|
36,756
|
82.53%
|
1902
|
Juan Angel Arias Boquin
|
25,118
|
42.9%
|
Lost
N
|
1919
|
Rafael Lopez Gutierrez
|
79,068
|
81.0%
|
Elected
Y
|
1923
|
Juan Angel Arias
|
20,424
|
19.4%
|
Lost
N
|
1924
|
Did not run
|
1928
|
Vicente Mejia Colindres
|
62,319
|
56.62%
|
Elected
Y
|
1932
|
Angel Zuniga Huete
|
61,643
|
56.85%
|
Lost
N
|
1948
|
210
|
00.08%
|
1954
|
Ramon Villeda Morales
|
121,213
|
48.10%
|
Elected
Y
|
1957
|
205,135
|
61.85%
|
1971
|
Jorge Bueso Arias
|
269,989
|
47.38%
|
Lost
N
|
1981
|
Roberto Suazo Cordova
|
636,437
|
53.9%
|
Elected
Y
|
1985
|
Jose Simon Azcona del Hoyo
|
786,624
|
51.02%
|
1989
|
Carlos Roberto Flores Facusse
|
776,698
|
44.33%
|
Lost
N
|
1993
|
Carlos Roberto Reina
|
906,793
|
53.01%
|
Elected
Y
|
1997
|
Carlos Roberto Flores Facusse
|
1,040,403
|
52.65%
|
2001
|
Rafael Pineda Ponce
|
962,446
|
44.2%
|
Lost
N
|
2005
|
Manuel Zelaya
|
999,006
|
45.6%
|
Elected
Y
|
2009
|
Elvin Santos
|
816,874
|
38.10%
|
Lost
N
|
2013
|
Mauricio Villeda
|
632,320
|
20.30%
|
2017
|
Luis Orlando Zelaya
|
484,187
|
14.74%
|
2021
|
Yani Rosenthal
|
335,762
|
10.00%
|
Note
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In the
1957
election,
Ramon Villeda Morales
was elected by the Constituent Assembly.
National Congress elections
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Election
|
Votes
|
%
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Seats
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+/?
|
Position
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1923
|
|
|
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9
|
3rd
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1924
|
|
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9
|
2nd
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1926
|
|
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6
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1928
|
|
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15
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1930
|
|
|
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2
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1932
|
|
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10
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1934
|
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9
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1936
|
46
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0.01%
|
|
4
|
1942
|
|
|
|
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1948
|
210
|
0.08%
|
|
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1954
|
121,213
|
48.10%
|
|
24
|
1st
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1956
|
41,724
|
10.08%
|
|
24
|
2nd
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1957
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205,135
|
61.85%
|
|
36
|
1st
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1965
|
272,198
|
44.85%
|
|
7
|
2nd
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1971
|
269,989
|
47.38%
|
|
3
|
1980
|
495,779
|
51.68%
|
|
2
|
1st
|
1981
|
636,437
|
53.9%
|
|
9
|
1985
|
786,624
|
51.02%
|
|
23
|
1989
|
776,698
|
44.33%
|
|
16
|
2nd
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1993
|
906,793
|
53.01%
|
|
20
|
1st
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1997
|
1,040,403
|
52.65%
|
|
4
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2001
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850,290
|
40.8%
|
|
12
|
2nd
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2005
|
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44.84%
|
|
7
|
1st
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2009
|
|
30.78%
|
|
17
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2nd
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2013
|
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16.97%
|
|
18
|
3rd
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2017
|
484,187
|
20.31%
|
|
1
|
2021
|
|
11.14%
|
|
4
|
4th
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See also
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References
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- ^
Elections and Events 1875-1899
Archived
1 December 2017 at the
Wayback Machine
The Library, UC San Diego
- ^
Pearson, Frederic S.; Walker, Scott; Stern, Stephanie (2007),
"Military Intervention and the Question of Democratization and Inter-Ethnic Peace"
,
Governance, Conflict Analysis and Conflict Resolution
, Ian Randle Publishers, p. 252,
ISBN
9789766372590
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"Aborto en Honduras seguira siendo un crimen"
.
La Prensa
. 4 May 2017.
- ^
"President Zelaya voted in as Liberal turned into ally of Chavez' ALBA"
.
MercoPress
.
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Vickers, George (25 November 2009).
"The Sham Elections in Honduras"
.
Foreign Policy
.
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Carroll, Rory (27 November 2009).
"Honduras coup: troops deployed to oversee election"
.
The Guardian
. London.
- ^
"
"Nasralla gano las elecciones en el 82% de nuestras actas": Luis Zelaya"
.
tiempo.hn
(in Spanish). 6 December 2017
. Retrieved
24 September
2019
.
External links
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Member parties of international liberal organisations
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LA
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MR
,
VLD
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LDS
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BMD
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DPS
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NDSV
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ADF-RDA
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NLD-LA
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ADR
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PSR
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Liberal Party
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ARC
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PLC
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PSD
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ULC
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RV
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Venstre
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FEP
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RE
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RPG
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PP
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