1997 Honduran general election
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General elections were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 30 November 1997. They were also the first elections in which the left wing Democratic Unification Party was allowed to stand. Closed list PR was used to elect Congress.
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30 November 1997
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| Turnout | 72.70% ( 7.90pp) | ||||||||||||||||
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 Flores: 40-50% 50-60% Gúnera: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Roberto Flores of the Liberal Party was elected president, defeating Nora Gúnera de Melgar who was the first woman to stand for the Presidency.[1] Major campaign issues were crime and rising living standards.[2]
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Carlos Roberto Flores | Liberal Party | 1,040,403 | 52.65 | |
| Nora Gúnera de Melgar | National Party | 844,985 | 42.76 | |
| Olban Francisco Valladares Ordóñez | Innovation and Unity Party–Social Democrats | 41,605 | 2.11 | |
| Arturo Álvarez | Christian Democratic Party | 24,737 | 1.25 | |
| Matías Funes | Democratic Unification Party | 24,243 | 1.23 | |
| Total | 1,975,973 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,975,973 | 94.24 | ||
| Invalid votes | 86,617 | 4.13 | ||
| Blank votes | 34,056 | 1.62 | ||
| Total votes | 2,096,646 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,901,743 | 72.25 | ||
| Source: CNE | ||||
National Congress
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Liberal Party | 940,575 | 49.55 | 72 | +1 | |
| National Party | 789,015 | 41.56 | 55 | 0 | |
| Innovation and Unity Party–Social Democrats | 78,495 | 4.13 | 3 | +1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 49,650 | 2.62 | 2 | +2 | |
| Democratic Unification Party | 40,658 | 2.14 | 1 | New | |
| Total | 1,898,393 | 100.00 | 133 | +5 | |
| Valid votes | 1,898,393 | 92.05 | |||
| Invalid votes | 64,176 | 3.11 | |||
| Blank votes | 99,889 | 4.84 | |||
| Total votes | 2,062,458 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,901,743 | 71.08 | |||
| Source: CNE | |||||