At Stake in this Election:      

• The Office of the President of Honduras 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President Juan Orlando HERNÁNDEZ Alvarado (since 27 January 2014) 
• Head of Government: President Juan Orlando HERNÁNDEZ Alvarado (since 27 January 2014) 
• Assembly: The National Congress of Honduras (Congreso Nacional) is a unicameral legislature comprised of 128 deputies. 

Electoral System: [1]

• The President of Honduras is elected by a simple majority vote and serves for a four-year term.* 
• The National Congress of Honduras (Congreso Nacional) is a unicameral legislature consisting of 128 seats, in which representatives serve four-year terms. Deputies run for election within eighteen multi-member districts on closed party lists under a proportional representation system. 

*The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Honduras voided single-term limits on the Office of the President in 2015. No replacement constitutional provisions concerning term limits were installed thereafter. [2] 

Last Election: 

• General elections were last held in Honduras on 26 November 2017. 

Main Candidates in this Election: [3]

• Candidate: Xiomara CASTRO 
  • Party: Liberty and Refoundation (Libre) / Libertad y Refundación 
• ​Candidate: Juan Orlando HERNÁNDEZ Alvarado 
  • Party: National Party of Honduras (PNH) / Partido Nacional de Honduras 
• Candidate: Yani ROSENTHAL 
  • Party: Liberal Party of Honduras / Partido Liberal de Honduras 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 10,107260 (December 2021 est.) [4] 
• Registered Voters: 5,182,425 (2021) [5]

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 5,054,641 (December 2021 est.) [6]
• Is Honduras a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (signed 11 June 1980) [7]
• Has Honduras ratified CEDAW:  Yes (ratified 3 March 1983) [8] 
• Gender Quota: The candidate lists of the political parties must include at least 40% women candidates. Candidate lists in single-member constituencies must include a female principal candidate and a male alternate, or vice versa. A political party which fails to comply will incur a fine equal to five percent of total funding allocated to the party by the state. [9]
• Female candidates in this election: 2 out of 15 [10]
• Number of Female Legislators: 27 [11]  
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 132 at 0.634 (2020) [12] 
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low [13]

Disability Data: 

• Is Honduras a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007) [14]
• Has Honduras ratified CRPD: Yes (14 April 2008) [15]
• Population with a disability: 1,312,001 (2021 est.) [16]

[1] https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/#government

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/24/honduran-judges-throw-out-single-term-limit-on-presidency

[3] https://resultadosgenerales2021.cne.hn/#resultados/PRE/HN

[4] https://countrymeters.info/en/Honduras

[5] https://resultadosgenerales2021.cne.hn/#resultados/PRE/HN

[6] https://countrymeters.info/en/Honduras

[7] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en 

[8] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en

[9] https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/country-view/123/35 

[10] https://resultadosgenerales2021.cne.hn/#resultados/PRE/HN

[11] https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/country-view/123/35

[12] http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/HND

[13] https://www.genderindex.org/country-profiles/

[14] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=176&Lang=EN

[15] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=176&Lang=EN

[16] http://www.electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/hn/all/