2001 Honduran general election

2001 Honduran general election

25 November 2001
Presidential election
Turnout	66.27% ( 6.43pp)
Liberal Nominee Ricardo Maduro Rafael Pineda Ponce Party National Liberal Popular vote 1,137,734 964,590 Percentage 52.21% 44.26%
Results by department Results by municipality Maduro:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Ponce:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
President before election Carlos Flores Liberal Elected President Ricardo Maduro National

General elections were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 25 November 2001.^[1] Ricardo Maduro of the National Party was elected president with over 50% of the vote, while the National Party emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 61 of the 128 seats.

Closed list PR used to elect Congress.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Party	967,733	46.46	61	+6
	Liberal Party	850,290	40.82	55	–17
	Innovation and Unity Party–Social Democracy	95,059	4.56	4	+1
	Democratic Unification Party	92,818	4.46	5	+4
	Christian Democratic Party	76,886	3.69	3	+1
Total		2,082,786	100.00	128	–5
Valid votes		2,082,786	91.38
Invalid votes		64,515	2.83
Blank votes		132,065	5.79
Total votes		2,279,366	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,437,454	66.31
Source: CNE