General elections were held in Honduras on 10 October 1948.[1] The elections were boycotted by the Liberal Party as the party was restricted from campaigning. Instead, they called for the electorate to abstain from voting.[2]
Results
editPresident
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Manuel Gálvez | National Party | 254,802 | 99.85 | |
| Angel Zúñiga Huete | Liberal Party | 210 | 0.08 | |
| Other candidates | 178 | 0.07 | ||
| Total | 255,190 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 255,190 | 98.78 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,155 | 1.22 | ||
| Total votes | 258,345 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 300,496 | 85.97 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Congress
edit| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Party | 49 | +4 | |
| Liberal Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 0 | – | |
| Total | 49 | +4 | |
| Source: Political Handbook of the World[3] | |||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p415
- ^ Political Handbook of the World 1949, p101
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- Bardales B., Rafael. Historia del Partido Nacional de Honduras. Tegucigalpa: Servicopiax Editores. 1980.
- Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.
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- Krehm, William. Democracia y tiranias en el Caribe. Buenos Aires: Editorial Parnaso. (First edition in 1947). 1957.
- Leonard, Thomas M. “The quest for Central American democracy since 1945.” Assessing democracy in Latin America. 1998. Boulder: Westview Press.
- Parker, Franklin D. The Central American republics. Westport: Greenwood Press. Reprint of 1964 original. 1981.
- Political handbook of the world 1948. New York, 1949.
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