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.
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Party or alliance | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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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] |