2005 Honduran general election

General elections were held in Honduras to elect the President of Honduras, vice-president, and deputies to the National Congress of Honduras on 27 November 2005. For the 2005 election the constitution was amended to create a single vice-president (Hondurans previously elected three 'presidential designates' on a ticket along with the presidential candidate). For the 2005 election the system of proportional representation was also changed from a closed list to an open list — the parties also used open-list primaries to select candidate slates. The list system reduced the re-election rate of incumbents, with just 31% of deputies in the new Congress having seats in the 2002–2006 Congress.

2005 Honduran general election

27 November 2005
Turnout55.08%
Presidential election
 
Nominee Manuel Zelaya Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Party Liberal National
Running mate Elvin Santos Mario Canahuati
Popular vote 999,006 925,243
Percentage 49.90% 46.22%

Zelaya:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      40–50%
Lobo:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

President before election

Ricardo Maduro
National

Elected President

Manuel Zelaya
Liberal

Parliamentary election

All 128 seats in the National Congress
65 seats needed for a majority
Party % Seats +/–
Liberal 44.84 62 +7
National 40.42 55 −6
UD 5.67 5 0
PINU 4.66 2 −2
CD 4.40 4 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the Congress before President of the Congress after
Porfirio Lobo Sosa
National
Roberto Micheletti
Liberal
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