National Party of Honduras

National Party of Honduras
National Party of Honduras; Partido Nacional de Honduras
Leader	Ricardo Álvarez
Founded	27th February 1902
Headquarters	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Youth wing	Blue Youths (Juventudes Azules)
Ideology	Conservatism,; Liberal conservatism,; Honduran nationalism
Political position	Right-wing
International affiliation	International Democrat Union
Regional affiliation	Union of Latin American Parties; Democratic Alliance Group of the Central American Parliament
Colors	Blue
Website
	http://www.partidonacional.net/
	Politics of Honduras; Political parties; Elections

The National Party (Spanish: Partido Nacional de Honduras) is a right-wing^[1] conservative political party in Honduras and the main right-wing political party in the country. Founded in 1902 the PNH is identified with the color blue as its rival the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH), is red. All the democratic elections in Honduras have been dominated by the competition between the PNH and the PLH. The PNH dominated the country between 1933–1957.

2001 elections [edit]

At the legislative elections, 25 November 2001, the party won 46.5% of the popular vote and 61 out of 128 seats in the National Congress of Honduras. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Ricardo Maduro won 52.2% and was elected president.

2005 elections [edit]

In the legislative elections of 27 November 2005, the party won 55 out of 128 seats in the Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Porfirio Pepe Lobo won 46.2% and was therefore defeated by Manuel Zelaya.^{[citation needed]}

2009 elections [edit]

At the 2009 elections the National Party candidate for president, Porfirio Lobo Sosa won the presidency with over 1,212,846 votes and 56.56% of the national total compared with 816,874 votes and 38.1% of the national total for Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party of Honduras, and in the elections to the National Congress of Honduras the National Party won 71 seats ensuring a governmental majority.^{[citation needed]}