1985 Honduran general election

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Presidential election


Nominee	José Azcona	Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero
Party	Liberal	National
Popular vote	424,358	701,406
Percentage	51.02%	45.49%

President before election

Roberto Suazo Córdova
Liberal

Elected President

José Azcona
Liberal

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General elections were held in Honduras on 24 November 1985.^[1] Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.

Each voter had a single vote to cast for a presidential candidate, with seats in the National Congress divided based on the share of the vote their presidential candidate had won.

Results

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Party or alliance				Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party		Azconista Liberal Movement	José Azcona del Hoyo	424,358	27.52	46
			Rodista Liberal Movement	Oscar Mejía Arellano	250,519	16.25	18
			Movement of Efraín Bu Girón	Efraín Bu Girón	64,230	4.17	3
			Liberal Democratic Revolutionary Movement	Carlos Roberto Reina	43,373	2.81	0
			Liberal Party	Party votes	4,114	0.27	0
		Total			786,594	51.02	67
	National Party		Callejista National Movement	Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero	656,882	42.60	63
			Movement of Fernando Douglas Lardizabal	Fernando Douglas Lardizabal	22,163	1.44	0
			Change and Unity Nationalist Movement	Juan Pablo Urrutia Raudales	20,121	1.30	0
			National Party	Party votes	2,240	0.15	0
		Total			701,406	45.49	63
	Christian Democratic Party			Hernan Corrales Padilla	30,173	1.96	2
	Innovation and Unity Party			Enrique Aguilar Cerrato	23,705	1.54	2
Total					1,541,878	100.00	134

Valid votes					1,541,878	96.50
Invalid/blank votes					55,963	3.50
Total votes					1,597,841	100.00
Registered voters/turnout					1,901,757	84.02
Source: Ramos Soto, IPU, Ruhl & McDonald, Statistical Abstract of Latin America^[2]

References

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^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Statistical Abstract of Latin America, volume 25, 1986 p194

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