2009 Honduran general election

General elections were held in Honduras on 29 November 2009, including presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Voters went to the polls to elect:

  • A new President of Honduras to serve a four-year term starting on 27 January 2010.
  • 128 members to serve a four-year term in the National Congress.
  • Representatives in municipal (local) governments.

2009 Honduran general election
29 November 2009
Turnout49.88%
Presidential election
 
Nominee Porfirio Lobo Sosa Elvin Santos
Party National Liberal
Popular vote 1,213,695 817,524
Percentage 56.56% 38.10%
Lobo:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Santos:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
President before election

Roberto Micheletti
Liberal

 Elected President

Porfirio Lobo Sosa
National

Parliamentary election
All 128 seats in the National Congress
65 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
National Ricardo Álvarez Arias 53.37 71 +26
Liberal Mauricio Villeda 30.78 45 −17
PINU Carlos Sosa Coello 6.43 3 +1
CD Lucas Evangelisto Aguilera 4.88 5 +1
UD Matías Funes 4.51 4 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results of the congressional election
President of the Congress before President of the Congress after
José Alfredo Saavedra
(acting)
Liberal		 Juan Orlando Hernández
National

The possibility of having a "fourth ballot box" (Spanish: cuarta urna) at the 29 November election regarding the convocation of a National Constituent Assembly constituted a major element of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.

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