1971 Honduran general election

General elections were held in Honduras on 28 March 1971. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress. The two main parties, the National Party and Liberal Party, had agreed before the election to split the Congressional seats equally between them, with each party being awarded 32 of the 64 seats. Additional one seat was to be allocated to the winner of the presidential elections as the president was entitled to one seat in parliament, while both parties were to be equally represented in the Supreme Court in all state institutions including the Government. Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés of the National Party won the presidential election with 53% of the vote. Approximately 40% out of total of around 900,000 voters abstained from voting at the elections. Some of the major topics at the elections was the issue of commitment to continued participation in the Central American Common Market and approach to the relations with El Salvador after the Football War.

1971 Honduran general election

28 March 1971
Turnout	67.54% ( 6.13pp)
Presidential election
Nominee Ramón Ernesto Cruz Jorge Bueso Arias Party National Liberal Popular vote 299,807 269,989 Percentage 52.62% 47.38%
President before election Oswaldo López Arellano National Elected President Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés National

Results

Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Party	Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés	299,807	52.62	32	–3
	Liberal Party	Jorge Bueso Arias	269,989	47.38	32	+3
Total			569,796	100.00	64	0
Valid votes			569,796	93.66
Invalid/blank votes			38,546	6.34
Total votes			608,342	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			900,658	67.54
Source: Nohlen

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