| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Congreso Nacional / National Congress |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
19 May 1981
Last amendment: 17/11/1989 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 128 |
| Constituencies |
18 constituencies corresponding to the country's departments (number of seats varies according to population). |
| Voting system |
Mixed:
Mixed system:
- proportional representation using closed party-lists, and the simple (Hare) quotient, with seats allocated on the basis of greatest remainders for multi-member constituencies
- simple majority vote for single-member constituencies
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by substitutes elected at the same time as titular members.
Voting is compulsory (no sanctions). |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Honduran citizenship
- disqualifications: prisoners, criminal conviction, incompetency, members of the armed forces |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
Qualified electors
- age: 21 years
- Honduran citizenship
- birth in constituency where running or residence there for at least five years |
| Incompatibilities |
- certain public posts
- high-ranking positions in State institutions
- government contractor within six months of the elections |
| Candidacy requirements |
- political party or independent candidatures
- nomination to be submitted between convocation of elections and at least 45 days before poll |
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