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| Liberal Party of Honduras Partido Liberal de Honduras |
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| Founded | 5th February 1891 |
| Headquarters | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Youth wing | Liberal Revolutionary Students Guild |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | Liberal International, Democratic Centre group of the Central American Parliament. |
| Official colors | Red |
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| http://www.partidoliberaldehonduras.hn/ | |
The Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras) is a centre-right liberal party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. The party is a member of Liberal International. The PLH is identified with the color red while its principal rival, the National Party of Honduras (PNH), is blue.
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2001 elections
At the legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, the party won 40.8% of the popular vote and 55 out of 128 seats in Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Rafael Pineda Ponce won 44.3%, but was defeated by Ricardo Maduro of the National Party of Honduras.
2005 elections
The PLH won the closely contested 2005 presidential race, but at the moment[update] the PNH has a majority in the National Congress due to an alliance with the Christian Democrats (Democracia Cristiana).
In the general election of 27 November 2005, the party won 62 out of 128 seats in the National Congress; and its Presidential candidate, Manuel Zelaya, polled 49.9% to defeat the PNH's Porfirio Pepe Lobo, restoring the PLH as the presidential party. He was inaugurated on 27 January 2006.
2009 elections
In 2008 then-president Manuel Zelaya angered conservatives and his own Liberal Party by moving sharply to the political left, forging an alliance with the Hugo Chávez linked ALBA.
See also
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberalism in Honduras
- Gremio Estudiantil Revolucionario Liberal
References
External links
- Liberal Party of Honduras official site
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