Liberal Party (Honduras)
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Liberal Party of Honduras
Partido Liberal de Honduras |
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| President | Mauricio Villeda |
| Founder | Céleo Arias |
| Founded | February 5, 1891; 126 years ago |
| Headquarters | Tegucigalpa, MDC |
| Ideology | Liberalism (Honduras) |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Regional affiliation | RELIAL |
| Colors | Red |
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The Liberal Party of Honduras (Spanish: Partido Liberal de Honduras) is a center-rightliberal political party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. The party is a member of the Liberal International. The PLH is identified with the color red and white, as the flag Francisco Morazan used in most of his military campaigns during time of the Central American Federal Republic.
At the legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, the party won 40.8% of the popular vote and 55 out of 128 seats in Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Rafael Pineda Ponce won 44.3%, but was defeated by Ricardo Maduro of the National Party of Honduras.
The PLH won the closely contested 2005 presidential race, but at the moment[update] the PNH has a majority in the National Congress due to an alliance with the Christian Democrats (Democracia Cristiana).
In the general election of 27 November 2005, the party won 62 out of 128 seats in the National Congress; and its Presidential candidate, Manuel Zelaya, polled 49.9% to defeat the PNH's Porfirio Pepe Lobo, restoring the PLH as the presidential party. He was inaugurated on 27 January 2006.
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