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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

President


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


Party		Seats	+/–
	National Party	49	+4
	Liberal Party	0	0
	Others	0	–
Total		49	+4

Source: Political Handbook of the World^[3]

References

Bibliography

Argueta, Mario. Tiburcio Carías: anatomía de una época, 1923-1948. Tegucigalpa: Editorial Guaymuras. 1989.
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.
Euraque, Darío A. Reinterpreting the banana republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1996.
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.
Posas, Mario and Rafael del Cid. La construcción del sector público y del estado nacional en Honduras (1876-1979). San José: EDUCA. Second edition. 1983.
Rojas Bolaños, Manuel. “La política.” Historia general de Centroamérica. 1994. San José: FLACSO. Volume five1994.
Stokes, William S. Honduras: an area study in government. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1950.
Weaver, Frederick Stirton. Inside the volcano: the history and political economy of Central America. Boulder: Westview Press. 1994.

v t e Elections in Honduras
Presidential elections	1852 1856 1860 1864 1866 1869 1874 1877 1881 1883 1887 1891 1893 1894 1898 1902 1911 1915 1919 1923 1924 1928 1932 1948 1954 1971 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Legislative elections	1838 1847 1877 1880 1894 1898 1902 1908 1911 1915 1919 1922 1923 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1942 1948 1954 1956 1957 1963 1965 1971 1980 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Local elections	1922 1927 1931 1932 1933 1935 1936 1943 1945 1950 1952 1953 1954 1957 1962 1968 1971 1976 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Referendums	1870
See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America