IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Honduras

Name	Official Name	Type
Honduran National Congress	Congreso Nacional	Assembly

Chief of State: President Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado
Head of Government: President Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado
Assembly: Honduras has a unicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) with 128 seats.

The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
In the National Congress (Congreso Nacional) 128 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms. There are 18 constituencies corresponding to the 18 departments. Seats are apportioned to each department in proportion to population. Where the district magnitude is one, the election is by plurality. The Hare quotient is used for seat allocation.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
President	2001-11-25	2,285,087	3,448,240	66.27%
Honduran National Congress	2001-11-25	2,285,087	3,448,240	66.27%
Honduran National Congress	2005-11-27	1,833,710	3,988,605	45.97%
President	2005-11-27	1,833,710	3,988,605	45.97%
President	2009-11-29	2,300,056	4,600,000	50.0%
Honduran National Congress	2009-11-29	2,298,690	4,592,898	50.05%
Honduran National Congress	2013-11-24	3,139,692	5,308,781	59.14%
President	2013-11-24	3,275,346	5,355,112	61.16%
President	2017-11-26	3,476,419	6,046,873	57.49%
Honduran National Congress	2017-11-26	3,476,419	6,046,873	57.49%
Honduran National Congress	2021-11-28	3,580,527	5,182,425	69.09%
President	2021-11-28	3,580,527	5,182,425	69.09%