At stake in this election:

• 128 seats in the National Congress (Congreso Nacional)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Porfirio LOBO Sosa
• Head of Government: President Porfirio LOBO Sosa
• Assembly: Honduras has a unicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) with 128 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• In the National Congress (Congreso Nacional) 128 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms. The elections are held in 18 constituencies, which correspond to the 18 departments. Seats are apportioned to each department in proportion to population. District magnitudes range from 1 to 23 and where the district magnitude is one, the election is by plurality. The Hare quotient is used for seat allocation

Election Notes:

• The last election to the National Congress (Congreso Nacional) was held on November 29, 2009. The National Party of Honduras / Partido Nacional de Honduras won a majority in the election, winning 71 seats. The election will be held alongside elections for the President of Honduras, Mayors and Vice-Mayors, and the Central American Parliament.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Democratic Unification Party / Partido de Unificación Democrática (UD)
  • Leader: César HAM
  • Seats won in last election: 4
• Christian Democratic Party of Honduras / Partdio Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras (DC)
  • Leader: Lucas Evangelisto AGUILERA Pineda
  • Seats won in last election: 5
• Honduran Patriotic Alliance / Partido Alianza Patriótica (ALIANZA)
  • Leader:
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Liberal Party / Partido Liberal de Honduras (PLH)
  • Leader: Roberto MICHELETTI
  • Seats won in last election: 45
• Anti-Corruption Party / Partido Anticorrupción (PAC)
  • Leader: Salvador NASRALLA
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Liberty and Refoundation / Libertad y Refundación (LIBRE)
  • Leader: Manuel ZELAYA
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• FAPER / Frente Amplio Político Electoral en Resistencia (FAPER)
  • Leader: Andres PAVÓN
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Innovation and Unity Party / Partido Innovación y Unidad (PINU)
  • Leader: Jorge AGUILAR Paredes
  • Seats won in last election:
• National Party of Honduras / Partido Nacional de Honduras (PNH)
  • Leader: Juan Orlando HERNÁNDEZ
  • Seats won in last election: 71

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 7,849,059 (2013)
• Registered Voters: 5,308,781 (November 2013)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 3,925,725 (2013)

·         Is Honduras a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (11 June 1980)

·         Has Honduras ratified CEDAW: Yes (3 March 1983)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 33 (following the 2013 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 131 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Honduras a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Honduras ratified CRPD: Yes (14 April 2008)

·         Population with a disability: 1,177,358 (est.)