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1948 Honduran general election

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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

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Juan Manuel GálvezNational Party254,80299.85
Angel Zúñiga HueteLiberal Party2100.08
Other candidates1780.07
Total255,190100.00
Valid votes255,19098.78
Invalid/blank votes3,1551.22
Total votes258,345100.00
Registered voters/turnout300,49685.97
Source: Nohlen

Congress

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PartySeats+/–
National Party49+4
Liberal Party00
Others0
Total49+4
Source: Political Handbook of the World[3]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p415
  3. ^ Political Handbook of the World 1949, p101

Bibliography

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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.
  • 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.