Primary elections in
Honduras represent the mechanism used in that country by each political party to choose their candidates for the general presidential elections. These are held on the third year of the current President's mandate, specifically on the second Sunday of March, every four years. These are not mandatory or paid by the
Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...
. Regulation is carried out by the
Supreme Electoral Tribunal, being supported by the
National Registry of People in the checking of the legitimacy of the process.
Notes
History
The origin of the primary elections date back to
the early ages of the country. Parties presented their candidates for the Head of State elections, being the first case also the elections for the first Head of State of the nation, that title being given to
Dionisio de Herrera
José Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y Díaz del Valle (9 October 1781 in Choluteca, Honduras – 13 June 1850 in San Vicente, El Salvador) was a Liberal Honduran politician, head of state of Honduras from 1824 to 1827 and head of ...
by the Constituent Assembly. During his presidency, the
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When these princ ...
was redacted.
After the primaries
The winners of the primaries are able to participate in the general elections, those being held a year later.
See also
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Politics of Honduras
Politics of Honduras takes place in a framework of a multi-party system presidential representative democratic republic. The President of Honduras is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Leg ...
.
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President of Honduras
The president of Honduras ( es, Presidente de Honduras) officially known as the President of the Republic of Honduras (Spanish: ''Presidente de la República de Honduras''), is the head of state and head of government of Honduras, and the Com ...
.
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National Congress of Honduras.
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Honduras.
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