General elections were held in Honduras on 28 October 1928. Vicente Mejía Colindres of the Liberal Party was re-elected as president, becoming the first incumbent to be re-elected in peaceful and contested elections.[1]
Results
editPresident
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente Mejía Colindres | Liberal Party | 62,319 | 56.62 | |
| Tiburcio Carías Andino | National Party | 47,745 | 43.38 | |
| Total | 110,064 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Congress
edit| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Party | 26 | –10 | |
| Liberal Party | 21 | +15 | |
| Vacant | 1 | – | |
| Total | 48 | +2 | |
| Source: Political Handbook of the World[2] | |||
References
editBibliography
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- Bulmer-Thomas, Victor. “Honduras since 1930.” Bethell, Leslie, ed. 1991. Central America since independence. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Dodd, Thomas JTiburcio Carías: portrait of a Honduran political leader. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. . 2005.
- Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.
- Euraque, Darío A. Reinterpreting the banana republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1996.
- Haggerty, Richard and Richard Millet. “Historical setting.” Merrill, Tim L., ed. 1995. Honduras: a country study. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress.
- Krehm, William. Democracia y tiranias en el Caribe. Buenos Aires: Editorial Parnaso. (First edition in 1947). 1957.
- Morris, James A. Honduras: caudillo politics and military rulers. Boulder: Westview Press. 1984.
- Morris, James A. “Honduras: the burden of survival in Central America.” Central America: crisis and adaptation. 1984. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
- Political handbook of the world 1929. New York, 1930.
- Stokes, William S. Honduras: an area study in government. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1950.