1932 Honduran general election

General elections were held in Honduras on 28 October 1932. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.

"President Vicente Mejía Colindres resisted pressure from his own party to manipulate the results to favor the Liberal Party of Honduras candidate, Angel Zúñiga Huete. As a result, the National Party of Honduras candidate, Tiburcio Carías Andino, won the election by a margin of some 20,000 votes." ^[1]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tiburcio Carías Andino	National Party of Honduras	81,211
	Angel Zúñiga Huete	Liberal Party of Honduras	61,643
	Others
Total
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party		Seats
	National Party of Honduras	43
	Liberal Party of Honduras	13
	Others	0
Total		56
Source: Political Handbook of the World [2]

References

1. Haggerty, Richard and Richard Millet. 1995. “Historical setting.” Merrill, Tim L., ed. 1995. Honduras: a country study. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 28.
2. Political Handbook of the World 1934. New York, 1935. p88

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