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- Honduras will hold general elections in November 2021 in which the president will be elected who will succeed Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, of the National Party, who won the elections in 2013 and was re-elected in 2017. Legislative positions will also be renewed and municipal.
On March 14, the primary elections were held that determined who will compete in the general elections, which will be held on November 28, according to the schedule established by the National Electoral Council of Honduras.
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The presidential term is four years and begins on January 27 following the year of the general elections.
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Here is everything you need to know about the general elections in Honduras.
What is chosen in the elections in Honduras?
In addition to being president and three presidential appointees of the Nation -who serve as vice-presidents-, on Sunday, November 28, 2021, the following will be elected:
20 deputies to the Central American Parliament and their respective alternates;
128 deputies to the National Congress and their respective alternates;
298 Municipal Corporations made up of a mayor, a deputy mayor and their respective councilors.
Who are the candidates for president of Honduras
After the celebration of the primaries in March 2021, Nasry Asfura, from the ruling National Party, prevailed and will be candidates;
Yani Rosenthal, for the Liberal Party;
and Xiomara Castro, from the Partido Libertad y Refundación (Free) and wife of former President Manuel Zelaya, who was overthrown in 2009.
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According to official results, just over 2,197,000 people voted at 7,960 polling stations.
Who can vote?
According to the electoral law and the political organizations of Honduras, all Hondurans who have reached the age of 18 who have an identity card and are registered in the electoral registers can vote.
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In the case of Hondurans who live outside the country, they will be able to elect only president and vice president and the elections will be held on the same day as in Honduras, from 6 to 16 hours in the city in which they reside.
In the primary elections on March 14, 4.8 million people were qualified to vote.
How are the winners defined?
In the case of the president, the candidate who achieves the simple majority, according to the electoral law, will be declared the winner.
In the case of the deputies for the National Congress and for the Central American Parliament, “in each Political Party, Alliance or Independent Candidacy the order of precedence will be established according to the marks obtained by each candidate individually, occupying the first place within the corresponding payroll is the one that has obtained the highest number of marks and so on in descending order until the number of positions is completed ”, the law establishes.
How does Honduras get to these elections?
On September 15, Honduras celebrated its bicentennial with a military parade and cultural events, organized by President Hernández.
At the same time, opposition groups protested in Tegucigalpa after ensuring that the country still does not have independence and that this government has impoverished the population, in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic.
According to 2019 data cited by the World Bank, Honduras had 48% poverty, with a per capita GDP of about US $ 2,405.
Honduras has also registered 377,293 cases of coronavirus and 10,372 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, 37.7% of the population has received both vaccines, a percentage lower than the average in both North America (53.7%) and South America (55.6%), according to Our World in Data.
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On the other hand, at the beginning of November, former Army captain Santos Rodríguez Orellana and his wife Jennifer Lizzet Bonilla were arrested in Tegucigalpa, whom the authorities are investigating for alleged crimes related to organized crime and drug trafficking, the Public Ministry of Honduras through a statement.
Rodríguez Orellana currently aspires to the country's presidency in the general elections of November 28 as an independent candidate of the Independent Movement Dignity and Hope (DIME).
The legal representative of the former captain Rodríguez Orellana and his wife, Salomón Amador, assured the local media that his clients are innocent and that during the hearing they will present all the evidence to dispel the charges that the Public Ministry imputes to them.
The main dates of the electoral calendar, according to the CNE
-August 14: The period for the CNE to resolve the complaints presented by citizens about the preliminary lists of voters ends.
-August 15: The application period for the national identification document ends for Hondurans who will turn 18 until November 28, 2021 and for the request for change of address.
-August 30: The Electoral Propaganda period begins, 90 calendar days before the general elections.
-September 29: public officials and employees are prohibited from holding public works inauguration events and their dissemination in the media.
-November 22: the electoral propaganda period ends.
-November 23: the "electoral silence" is established, which is why public demonstrations, propaganda, disclosure of total or partial results of public opinion polls or polls are prohibited from midnight, as well as any material related to public opinion polls. elections.
-November 27: from 6 am public shows and the sale, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages are prohibited.
The ban ends at 6 a.m. on November 29.
-November 28: general elections are held.
-November 29: the 5-day period to submit written requests for annulment of the elections begins.
-December 28: deadline to declare the official result of the elections.
The schedule of the general elections of Honduras
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