National Congress of Honduras

National Congress of Honduras
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Juan Orlando Hernández, National Party since 25 January 2010
Structure
Members	128
Political groups	National Party (71)      Liberal Party (45)      Christian Democratic Party (5)      Democratic Unification Party (4)      Innovation and Unity Party (3)
Elections
Last election	29 November 2009
Meeting place
Tegucigalpa
Website
congresonacional.hn

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The National Congress (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.

The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The current President of the National Congress of Honduras is Juan Orlando Hernández^[1]. Its members are 128 deputies, who are elected on a proportional representation basis, by department, to serve four-year terms. Prior to 1997, deputies were elected indirectly, with congressional party strengths determined by the proportion of votes cast for the corresponding candidates in the concurrent presidential election. Since that date, however, separate elections have been held for the legislature and for national and local executives, and the country's deputies have been elected directly.

Directive

The current directive of the National Congress for the period 2010-2014 is:^[2]

• Juan Orlando Hernández (President) (PNH)
• Lena Gutiérrez Arévalo (1st Vice-President) (PNH)
• Marlon Lara (2nd Vice-President) (PLH)
• Ramón Velásquez Názar (3rd Vice-President) (DC)
• Marvin Ponce (4th Vice-President) (PUD)
• Martha Concepción Guevara (5th Vice-President)(PNH)
• Nora de Melgar (6th Vice-President) (PNH)
• Rigoberto Chan Castillo (1st Secretary) (PNH)
• Gladis Aurora López (2nd Secretary) (PNH)
• Eliseo Noel Mejía (Pro-Secretary) (PNH)
• Yariel Waldina Paz (Pro-Secretary] (PLH)
• Óscar Orlando Burgos (Alternate Vice-President) (PNH)
• Victoria Carrasco García (Alternate Vice-President) (PNH)
• Ángel Banegas (Alternate Secretary) (PLH)
• Milton de Jesús Puerto (Alternate Secretary) (PNH)

Elections

The most recent election was held November 2009.

e • d Summary of the 29 November 2009 National Congress of Honduras election results

Parties	Seats
National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras)	71
Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras)	45
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras)	5
Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrática)	4
Innovation and Unity Party (Partido Innovación y Unidad)	3
Total votes: 2,300,056 (2,146,012 valid votes) (turnout 51.04 %)	128
Registered voters: 4,600,000 approx.
Sources: TSE, El Heraldo

e • d Summary of the 27 November 2005 National Congress of Honduras election results

Parties	Seats
Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras)	62
National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras)	55
Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrática)	5
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras)	4
Innovation and Unity Party (Partido Innovación y Unidad)	2
Total votes: 1,833,710 (turnout 45.97 %)	128
Registered voters: 3,988,605
Source regarding number of votes IPU Parline

The previous election was held on 25 November 2001. Following that election (which saw Ricardo Maduro elected president), party strengths in Congress stood as follows:

e • d Summary of the 25 November 2001 Honduras National Congress (Congreso Nacional) election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras)		46.5	61
Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras )		40.8	55
Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy (Partido de Inovación y Unidad-Social Democracia)		4.6	4
Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrática)		4.5	5
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras)		3,7	3
Total (turnout 66.3 %)			128

Honduras also returns deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.

Legislative Palace

Congress meets in a purpose-built legislative palace (Palacio Legislativo) in the centre of Tegucigalpa. Of a modernist design, it is painted in an array of bright colours and rests on a series of concrete pillars that separate it from the ground.

Coordinates: 14°06′14″N 87°12′18″W / 14.10375°N 87.20495°W / 14.10375; -87.20495

References

1. ^ Presidente del Congreso: Juan Orlando Hernández
2. ^ Unánime elección de directiva del CN (in spanish)

External links

• (Spanish) National Congress of Honduras