General elections were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 30 November 1997. They were also the first elections in which the left wing Democratic Unification Party was allowed to stand.
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Flores: 40-50% 50-60% Gúnera: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Roberto Flores of the Liberal Party was elected president, defeating Nora Gúnera de Melgar who was the first woman to stand for the Presidency.[1] Major campaign issues were crime and rising living standards.[2]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Carlos Roberto Flores | Liberal Party | 1,040,403 | 52.65 | |
Nora Gúnera de Melgar | National Party | 844,985 | 42.76 | |
Olban Francisco Valladares Ordóñez | Innovation and Unity Party–Social Democrats | 41,605 | 2.11 | |
Arturo Alvarez | Christian Democratic Party | 24,737 | 1.25 | |
Matias Funes | Democratic Unification Party | 24,243 | 1.23 | |
Total | 1,975,973 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,975,973 | 94.24 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 120,673 | 5.76 | ||
Total votes | 2,096,646 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,883,919 | 72.70 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Liberal Party | 940,575 | 49.55 | 72 | +1 | |
National Party | 789,015 | 41.56 | 55 | 0 | |
Innovation and Unity Party–Social Democrats | 78,495 | 4.13 | 3 | +1 | |
Christian Democratic Party | 49,650 | 2.62 | 2 | +2 | |
Democratic Unification Party | 40,658 | 2.14 | 1 | New | |
Total | 1,898,393 | 100.00 | 133 | +5 | |
Valid votes | 1,898,393 | 92.05 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 163,986 | 7.95 | |||
Total votes | 2,062,379 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,883,919 | 71.51 | |||
Source: Nohlen |