IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Honduras

Name	Official Name	Type
Honduran National Congress	Congreso Nacional	Assembly
Honduran Presidency	None	Head of State & Government

Chief of State: President Xiomara CASTRO Sarmiento
Head of Government: President Xiomara CASTRO Sarmiento
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
Honduran National Congress	2001-11-25	2,285,087	3,448,240	66.27%
Honduran Presidency	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%
Honduran Presidency	2005-11-27	1,833,710	3,988,605	45.97%
Honduran National Congress	2009-11-29	2,298,690	4,592,898	50.05%
Honduran Presidency	2009-11-29	2,300,056	4,600,000	50.0%
Honduran Presidency	2013-11-24	3,275,346	5,355,112	61.16%
Honduran National Congress	2013-11-24	3,139,692	5,308,781	59.14%
Honduran Presidency	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 Presidency	2021-11-30	3,580,527	5,182,425	69.09%
Honduran National Congress	2021-11-30	3,580,527	5,182,425	69.09%