{ "data": { "id": "honduras-general-2029", "country": "HN", "country_name": "Honduras", "level": "national", "subdivision": null, "subdivision_name": null, "date": "2029-11-25", "date_status": "tentative", "kind": "general", "conditional": null, "timezone": "America/Tegucigalpa", "status": "scheduled", "last_verified_at": "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-02: Ley Electoral de Honduras (Decreto 35-2021, Expediente Público compilation); Constitución de 1982 (Georgetown PDBA); 2025 and 2021 precedent from El Heraldo, La Prensa, Tu Nota and Confidencial; La Prensa on 2026 reform proposals", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/honduras-general-2029", "races": [ { "id": "president", "key": "honduras-general-2029/president", "name": "President and Presidential Designates", "body": "head-of-state", "seats": null, "seats_provisional": false, "polls_close_utc": "2029-11-25T23:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "hn-cne", "name": "National Electoral Council", "name_local": "Consejo Nacional Electoral", "role": "electoral-commission", "homepage": "https://www.cne.hn/", "results_index": null, "open_data": null }, "status": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_observed": null, "final_expected": { "from": "2029-11-26T06:00:00Z", "by": "2029-12-26T05:59:59Z", "confidence": "announced", "basis": "Ley Electoral art. 284: the CNE 'debe hacer la declaratoria de elecciones a más tardar treinta (30) días calendarios después de efectuadas las elecciones' and order its publication in La Gaceta the next day; art. 285: the presidential ticket with a simple majority of votes is declared elected (single round; Constitution art. 236). 30 days after 25 Nov 2029 is 25 Dec 2029; the window closes at the end of that day local (UTC-6). The opening is an estimated floor. Precedents: 2025 (30 Nov): the CNE approved the presidential-level declaration on the night of 23 Dec and made it public on 24 Dec 2025 (day 24; La Prensa, 23 Dec 2025; El Heraldo, 27 Dec 2025) and issued the final declaration of all levels on 30 Dec 2025 at 18:28, day 30, the last legal day (Tu Nota, 30 Dec 2025). 2021 (28 Nov): presidential declaration on 20 Dec 2021, day 22. The 2025 count drew challenges; these go to the Tribunal de Justicia Electoral under the Ley Procesal Electoral (Ley Electoral art. 305), but no court must confirm the CNE's declaration, so there is no separate court stage. The new term begins 27 Jan 2030 (Constitution art. 237). Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the CNE. Ley Electoral (Decreto 35-2021) art. 211: the CNE 'debe realizar las elecciones generales el último domingo del mes de noviembre del año anterior a aquel en que finaliza el período de gobierno respectivo'. Constitution art. 237: 'El período presidencial será de (4) cuatro años y empezará el veintisiete de enero siguiente a la fecha en que se realizó la elección'; art. 196: deputies serve four years from the solemn installation of Congress (art. 189: ordinary sessions open 25 January). The term that began 27 Jan 2026 (after the 30 Nov 2025 election) ends in January 2030, so the election falls in 2029; 30 Nov 2029 is a Friday, so the last Sunday of November 2029 is 25 Nov 2029. Art. 212: the CNE convokes the election six months before (president and designados, PARLACEN deputies, National Congress deputies, municipal corporations), published in La Gaceta. Honduras has no early-election mechanism. Pending changes: in Aug-Sep 2026 the National Congress received electoral-reform proposals (JRV composition, CNE quorum; a presidential runoff needs 86 of 128 votes and had no agreement), none passed; the reporting we read names no change to polling day, hours or the declaration deadline (La Prensa, 9 Aug and 8 Sep 2026). Constitution art. 51 (2011 consolidated text): the electoral law can be reformed only by two thirds of all members of Congress (86 of 128)." }, "last_final": null, "previous": null, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2029-11-25T23:00:00Z", "by": "2029-11-27T05:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Ley Electoral art. 263: voting runs from 07:00 'hasta las diecisiete horas (5:00 p.m.); de manera improrrogable', voters in line still vote; art. 265: where voting started late, the JRV may by unanimity extend it to 18:00. Honduras is UTC-6 all year (America/Tegucigalpa, no DST), so 17:00 local is 23:00 UTC. In 2025 the CNE announced on polling day that the JRVs would extend voting nationwide to 18:00 (00:00 UTC) under that rule (CNE communication 049-2025, as reported by El Heraldo, 30 Nov 2025). Art. 279: the CNE must start publishing the preliminary results of the polling-station counts, in a public session, 'a más tardar tres horas después de haberse cerrado la votación' and continue periodically; art. 278: the presidential-level result is transmitted (TREP) from each JRV right after its count; art. 280: these results 'tienen carácter preliminar'. 2025 precedent: the CNE's first preliminary cut came at 22:17 local on 30 Nov 2025, with 39.34% of actas (El Heraldo, 30 Nov 2025). The end of the window, end of 26 Nov 2029 local, is our estimate for a substantial first count; it is preliminary, not the declared result.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "intermediate-count", "from": "2029-11-26T06:00:00Z", "by": "2029-12-26T05:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Ley Electoral art. 283: the CNE makes the general scrutiny (escrutinio general), the verification and sum of every JRV's closing act; acts with inconsistencies that cannot be resolved go to a special scrutiny by verification and recount boards. The running count keeps changing until the scrutiny closes. 2025 precedent: 88.02% of actas processed on 7 Dec 2025 (El Heraldo, 7 Dec 2025); 99.80% processed when the special scrutiny of about 2,800 actas began on 18 Dec 2025 after postponements from 13 Dec (Confidencial, 19 Dec 2025); the CNE's count then ran to the declaration. The window ends at the legal deadline for the declaration (art. 284). This is still not the declared result.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2029-11-26T06:00:00Z", "by": "2029-12-26T05:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "Ley Electoral art. 284: the CNE 'debe hacer la declaratoria de elecciones a más tardar treinta (30) días calendarios después de efectuadas las elecciones' and order its publication in La Gaceta the next day; art. 285: the presidential ticket with a simple majority of votes is declared elected (single round; Constitution art. 236). 30 days after 25 Nov 2029 is 25 Dec 2029; the window closes at the end of that day local (UTC-6). The opening is an estimated floor. Precedents: 2025 (30 Nov): the CNE approved the presidential-level declaration on the night of 23 Dec and made it public on 24 Dec 2025 (day 24; La Prensa, 23 Dec 2025; El Heraldo, 27 Dec 2025) and issued the final declaration of all levels on 30 Dec 2025 at 18:28, day 30, the last legal day (Tu Nota, 30 Dec 2025). 2021 (28 Nov): presidential declaration on 20 Dec 2021, day 22. The 2025 count drew challenges; these go to the Tribunal de Justicia Electoral under the Ley Procesal Electoral (Ley Electoral art. 305), but no court must confirm the CNE's declaration, so there is no separate court stage. The new term begins 27 Jan 2030 (Constitution art. 237). Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the CNE. Ley Electoral (Decreto 35-2021) art. 211: the CNE 'debe realizar las elecciones generales el último domingo del mes de noviembre del año anterior a aquel en que finaliza el período de gobierno respectivo'. Constitution art. 237: 'El período presidencial será de (4) cuatro años y empezará el veintisiete de enero siguiente a la fecha en que se realizó la elección'; art. 196: deputies serve four years from the solemn installation of Congress (art. 189: ordinary sessions open 25 January). The term that began 27 Jan 2026 (after the 30 Nov 2025 election) ends in January 2030, so the election falls in 2029; 30 Nov 2029 is a Friday, so the last Sunday of November 2029 is 25 Nov 2029. Art. 212: the CNE convokes the election six months before (president and designados, PARLACEN deputies, National Congress deputies, municipal corporations), published in La Gaceta. Honduras has no early-election mechanism. Pending changes: in Aug-Sep 2026 the National Congress received electoral-reform proposals (JRV composition, CNE quorum; a presidential runoff needs 86 of 128 votes and had no agreement), none passed; the reporting we read names no change to polling day, hours or the declaration deadline (La Prensa, 9 Aug and 8 Sep 2026). Constitution art. 51 (2011 consolidated text): the electoral law can be reformed only by two thirds of all members of Congress (86 of 128).", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://resultadosgenerales2025.cne.hn/", "role": "see-also", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results host, but its root lists many elections", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CNE results site for the 2025 general election, linked from the cne.hn homepage ('Resultados Electorales Generales 2025'). Given as the precedent, not a 2029 source: the CNE has no standing results index, and no 2029 results page exists. On 2 Oct 2026 the host reset our connection / answered 503, so we could not read it.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://expedientepublico.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ley_Electoral_y_Leyes_Relacionadas_DECRETO_No_35_2021.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Ley Electoral de Honduras, Decreto 35-2021 (La Gaceta 35,610, 26 May 2021), with related constitutional articles, as compiled by Expediente Público (posted Oct 2024); the CNE site (cne.hn) and the IAIP transparency portal refused our fetcher (Cloudflare 403 / proxy 502) on 2 Oct 2026, so the official copy was not read. Art. 211: last Sunday of November; art. 212: convocation six months before; arts. 263 and 265: voting 07:00-17:00, extendable to 18:00; arts. 278-280: preliminary transmission and divulgation; art. 283: general scrutiny; art. 284: declaration within 30 calendar days; arts. 285-287: declaration rules for president, Congress and PARLACEN. Later reforms, if any, are not in this compilation.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Honduras/vigente.html", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Constitución de la República de 1982, consolidated text at the Georgetown Political Database of the Americas (last updated Jan 2011; predates the 2019 reforms that created the CNE). Art. 189: Congress meets 25 January; art. 196: four-year term for deputies; art. 202: 128 deputies; art. 236: president elected by simple majority; art. 237: four-year term from 27 January after the election.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.tunota.com/politica/declaratoria-cne-proceso-electoral-elecciones-honduras-2025-12-30", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Tu Nota, 30 Dec 2025: the CNE's final declaration of the 2025 general election (president, 128 deputies, PARLACEN, 298 municipal corporations), made on 30 Dec 2025, day 30; the presidential level had been announced on 24 Dec.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/inclusion-segunda-vuelta-electoral-elecciones-NN31966281", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "La Prensa, 8 Sep 2026: the National Congress's electoral-affairs commission is still consolidating reform proposals (expected report by October 2026); a runoff needs 86 votes. Nothing passed as of 2 Oct 2026 that we found.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Honduran_general_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "The previous election. No English or Spanish Wikipedia article on the 2029 election existed on 2 Oct 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.cne.hn/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": null, "results": [], "live_count": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/honduras-general-2029#president" }, { "id": "congress", "key": "honduras-general-2029/congress", "name": "National Congress", "body": "legislature-unicameral", "seats": 128, "seats_provisional": false, "polls_close_utc": "2029-11-25T23:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "hn-cne", "name": "National Electoral Council", "name_local": "Consejo Nacional Electoral", "role": "electoral-commission", "homepage": "https://www.cne.hn/", "results_index": null, "open_data": null }, "status": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_observed": null, "final_expected": { "from": "2029-11-26T06:00:00Z", "by": "2030-01-25T05:59:59Z", "confidence": "precedent", "basis": "Ley Electoral art. 284: the declaration is due 'a más tardar treinta (30) días calendarios después de efectuadas las elecciones', i.e. by 25 Dec 2029; art. 286: deputies are declared per department by quotient and largest remainder after ordering each list by individual marks (simple majority where a department elects one deputy). Precedents: 2025: the CNE declared the 128 deputies in the final declaration of 30 Dec 2025, day 30 (Tu Nota, 30 Dec 2025). 2021: the declaration of 28 Dec 2021, day 30, published in La Gaceta 35,808, left out the deputies of Francisco Morazán and Colón, which the CNE was still resolving (El Heraldo, 4 Jan 2022; Tu Nota, 3 Jan 2022). Because the deputy declaration has been incomplete at the deadline before, the window errs late and closes at the end of 24 Jan 2030 local, the day before Congress meets (Constitution art. 189: 25 January). The opening is an estimated floor. No court must confirm the declaration; challenges go to the Tribunal de Justicia Electoral. Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the CNE. Ley Electoral (Decreto 35-2021) art. 211: the CNE 'debe realizar las elecciones generales el último domingo del mes de noviembre del año anterior a aquel en que finaliza el período de gobierno respectivo'. Constitution art. 237: 'El período presidencial será de (4) cuatro años y empezará el veintisiete de enero siguiente a la fecha en que se realizó la elección'; art. 196: deputies serve four years from the solemn installation of Congress (art. 189: ordinary sessions open 25 January). The term that began 27 Jan 2026 (after the 30 Nov 2025 election) ends in January 2030, so the election falls in 2029; 30 Nov 2029 is a Friday, so the last Sunday of November 2029 is 25 Nov 2029. Art. 212: the CNE convokes the election six months before (president and designados, PARLACEN deputies, National Congress deputies, municipal corporations), published in La Gaceta. Honduras has no early-election mechanism. Pending changes: in Aug-Sep 2026 the National Congress received electoral-reform proposals (JRV composition, CNE quorum; a presidential runoff needs 86 of 128 votes and had no agreement), none passed; the reporting we read names no change to polling day, hours or the declaration deadline (La Prensa, 9 Aug and 8 Sep 2026). Constitution art. 51 (2011 consolidated text): the electoral law can be reformed only by two thirds of all members of Congress (86 of 128)." }, "last_final": null, "previous": null, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2029-11-25T23:00:00Z", "by": "2029-11-27T05:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Ley Electoral art. 263: voting runs from 07:00 'hasta las diecisiete horas (5:00 p.m.); de manera improrrogable', voters in line still vote; art. 265: where voting started late, the JRV may by unanimity extend it to 18:00. Honduras is UTC-6 all year (America/Tegucigalpa, no DST), so 17:00 local is 23:00 UTC. In 2025 the CNE announced on polling day that the JRVs would extend voting nationwide to 18:00 (00:00 UTC) under that rule (CNE communication 049-2025, as reported by El Heraldo, 30 Nov 2025). Art. 279: the CNE must start publishing the preliminary results of the polling-station counts, in a public session, 'a más tardar tres horas después de haberse cerrado la votación' and continue periodically; art. 278: the presidential-level result is transmitted (TREP) from each JRV right after its count; art. 280: these results 'tienen carácter preliminar'. 2025 precedent: the CNE's first preliminary cut came at 22:17 local on 30 Nov 2025, with 39.34% of actas (El Heraldo, 30 Nov 2025). The end of the window, end of 26 Nov 2029 local, is our estimate for a substantial first count; it is preliminary, not the declared result.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "intermediate-count", "from": "2029-11-26T06:00:00Z", "by": "2029-12-26T05:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Ley Electoral art. 283: the CNE makes the general scrutiny (escrutinio general), the verification and sum of every JRV's closing act; acts with inconsistencies that cannot be resolved go to a special scrutiny by verification and recount boards. The running count keeps changing until the scrutiny closes. 2025 precedent: 88.02% of actas processed on 7 Dec 2025 (El Heraldo, 7 Dec 2025); 99.80% processed when the special scrutiny of about 2,800 actas began on 18 Dec 2025 after postponements from 13 Dec (Confidencial, 19 Dec 2025); the CNE's count then ran to the declaration. The window ends at the legal deadline for the declaration (art. 284). This is still not the declared result.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2029-11-26T06:00:00Z", "by": "2030-01-25T05:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Ley Electoral art. 284: the declaration is due 'a más tardar treinta (30) días calendarios después de efectuadas las elecciones', i.e. by 25 Dec 2029; art. 286: deputies are declared per department by quotient and largest remainder after ordering each list by individual marks (simple majority where a department elects one deputy). Precedents: 2025: the CNE declared the 128 deputies in the final declaration of 30 Dec 2025, day 30 (Tu Nota, 30 Dec 2025). 2021: the declaration of 28 Dec 2021, day 30, published in La Gaceta 35,808, left out the deputies of Francisco Morazán and Colón, which the CNE was still resolving (El Heraldo, 4 Jan 2022; Tu Nota, 3 Jan 2022). Because the deputy declaration has been incomplete at the deadline before, the window errs late and closes at the end of 24 Jan 2030 local, the day before Congress meets (Constitution art. 189: 25 January). The opening is an estimated floor. No court must confirm the declaration; challenges go to the Tribunal de Justicia Electoral. Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the CNE. Ley Electoral (Decreto 35-2021) art. 211: the CNE 'debe realizar las elecciones generales el último domingo del mes de noviembre del año anterior a aquel en que finaliza el período de gobierno respectivo'. Constitution art. 237: 'El período presidencial será de (4) cuatro años y empezará el veintisiete de enero siguiente a la fecha en que se realizó la elección'; art. 196: deputies serve four years from the solemn installation of Congress (art. 189: ordinary sessions open 25 January). The term that began 27 Jan 2026 (after the 30 Nov 2025 election) ends in January 2030, so the election falls in 2029; 30 Nov 2029 is a Friday, so the last Sunday of November 2029 is 25 Nov 2029. Art. 212: the CNE convokes the election six months before (president and designados, PARLACEN deputies, National Congress deputies, municipal corporations), published in La Gaceta. Honduras has no early-election mechanism. Pending changes: in Aug-Sep 2026 the National Congress received electoral-reform proposals (JRV composition, CNE quorum; a presidential runoff needs 86 of 128 votes and had no agreement), none passed; the reporting we read names no change to polling day, hours or the declaration deadline (La Prensa, 9 Aug and 8 Sep 2026). 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On 2 Oct 2026 the host reset our connection / answered 503, so we could not read it.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://expedientepublico.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ley_Electoral_y_Leyes_Relacionadas_DECRETO_No_35_2021.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Ley Electoral de Honduras, Decreto 35-2021 (La Gaceta 35,610, 26 May 2021), with related constitutional articles, as compiled by Expediente Público (posted Oct 2024); the CNE site (cne.hn) and the IAIP transparency portal refused our fetcher (Cloudflare 403 / proxy 502) on 2 Oct 2026, so the official copy was not read. Art. 211: last Sunday of November; art. 212: convocation six months before; arts. 263 and 265: voting 07:00-17:00, extendable to 18:00; arts. 278-280: preliminary transmission and divulgation; art. 283: general scrutiny; art. 284: declaration within 30 calendar days; arts. 285-287: declaration rules for president, Congress and PARLACEN. Later reforms, if any, are not in this compilation.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Honduras/vigente.html", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Constitución de la República de 1982, consolidated text at the Georgetown Political Database of the Americas (last updated Jan 2011; predates the 2019 reforms that created the CNE). Art. 189: Congress meets 25 January; art. 196: four-year term for deputies; art. 202: 128 deputies; art. 236: president elected by simple majority; art. 237: four-year term from 27 January after the election.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.tunota.com/politica/declaratoria-cne-proceso-electoral-elecciones-honduras-2025-12-30", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Tu Nota, 30 Dec 2025: the CNE's final declaration of the 2025 general election (president, 128 deputies, PARLACEN, 298 municipal corporations), made on 30 Dec 2025, day 30; the presidential level had been announced on 24 Dec.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.elheraldo.hn/eleccioneshonduras2021/1508221-508/declaratoria-incompleta-elecciones-gaceta-honduras", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "El Heraldo, 4 Jan 2022: the 28 Dec 2021 declaration (La Gaceta 35,808) left out the deputies of Francisco Morazán and Colón.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/inclusion-segunda-vuelta-electoral-elecciones-NN31966281", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "La Prensa, 8 Sep 2026: the National Congress's electoral-affairs commission is still consolidating reform proposals (expected report by October 2026); a runoff needs 86 votes. Nothing passed as of 2 Oct 2026 that we found.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Honduran_general_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "The previous election. No English or Spanish Wikipedia article on the 2029 election existed on 2 Oct 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.cne.hn/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": null, "results": [], "live_count": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/honduras-general-2029#congress" }, { "id": "parlacen", "key": "honduras-general-2029/parlacen", "name": "Central American Parliament (Honduran deputies)", "body": "legislature-unicameral", "seats": 20, "seats_provisional": false, "polls_close_utc": "2029-11-25T23:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "hn-cne", "name": "National Electoral Council", "name_local": "Consejo Nacional Electoral", "role": "electoral-commission", "homepage": "https://www.cne.hn/", "results_index": null, "open_data": null }, "status": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_observed": null, "final_expected": { "from": "2029-11-26T06:00:00Z", "by": "2029-12-26T05:59:59Z", "confidence": "announced", "basis": "Ley Electoral art. 287: the 20 PARLACEN deputies and their alternates are allocated from each party's national vote at the presidential level by the presidential electoral quotient (no separate ballot); a party needs at least one quotient for a seat. Art. 284: the declaration is due within 30 calendar days, by 25 Dec 2029; the window closes at the end of that day local. Precedents: 2021: declared with the presidential result on 20-21 Dec 2021 (day 22-23); 2025: included in the final declaration of 30 Dec 2025, day 30 (Tu Nota, 30 Dec 2025). The opening is an estimated floor. Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the CNE. Ley Electoral (Decreto 35-2021) art. 211: the CNE 'debe realizar las elecciones generales el último domingo del mes de noviembre del año anterior a aquel en que finaliza el período de gobierno respectivo'. Constitution art. 237: 'El período presidencial será de (4) cuatro años y empezará el veintisiete de enero siguiente a la fecha en que se realizó la elección'; art. 196: deputies serve four years from the solemn installation of Congress (art. 189: ordinary sessions open 25 January). The term that began 27 Jan 2026 (after the 30 Nov 2025 election) ends in January 2030, so the election falls in 2029; 30 Nov 2029 is a Friday, so the last Sunday of November 2029 is 25 Nov 2029. Art. 212: the CNE convokes the election six months before (president and designados, PARLACEN deputies, National Congress deputies, municipal corporations), published in La Gaceta. Honduras has no early-election mechanism. Pending changes: in Aug-Sep 2026 the National Congress received electoral-reform proposals (JRV composition, CNE quorum; a presidential runoff needs 86 of 128 votes and had no agreement), none passed; the reporting we read names no change to polling day, hours or the declaration deadline (La Prensa, 9 Aug and 8 Sep 2026). Constitution art. 51 (2011 consolidated text): the electoral law can be reformed only by two thirds of all members of Congress (86 of 128)." }, "last_final": null, "previous": null, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2029-11-25T23:00:00Z", "by": "2029-11-27T05:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Ley Electoral art. 263: voting runs from 07:00 'hasta las diecisiete horas (5:00 p.m.); de manera improrrogable', voters in line still vote; art. 265: where voting started late, the JRV may by unanimity extend it to 18:00. Honduras is UTC-6 all year (America/Tegucigalpa, no DST), so 17:00 local is 23:00 UTC. In 2025 the CNE announced on polling day that the JRVs would extend voting nationwide to 18:00 (00:00 UTC) under that rule (CNE communication 049-2025, as reported by El Heraldo, 30 Nov 2025). Art. 279: the CNE must start publishing the preliminary results of the polling-station counts, in a public session, 'a más tardar tres horas después de haberse cerrado la votación' and continue periodically; art. 278: the presidential-level result is transmitted (TREP) from each JRV right after its count; art. 280: these results 'tienen carácter preliminar'. 2025 precedent: the CNE's first preliminary cut came at 22:17 local on 30 Nov 2025, with 39.34% of actas (El Heraldo, 30 Nov 2025). The end of the window, end of 26 Nov 2029 local, is our estimate for a substantial first count; it is preliminary, not the declared result.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "intermediate-count", "from": "2029-11-26T06:00:00Z", "by": "2029-12-26T05:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Ley Electoral art. 283: the CNE makes the general scrutiny (escrutinio general), the verification and sum of every JRV's closing act; acts with inconsistencies that cannot be resolved go to a special scrutiny by verification and recount boards. The running count keeps changing until the scrutiny closes. 2025 precedent: 88.02% of actas processed on 7 Dec 2025 (El Heraldo, 7 Dec 2025); 99.80% processed when the special scrutiny of about 2,800 actas began on 18 Dec 2025 after postponements from 13 Dec (Confidencial, 19 Dec 2025); the CNE's count then ran to the declaration. The window ends at the legal deadline for the declaration (art. 284). This is still not the declared result.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2029-11-26T06:00:00Z", "by": "2029-12-26T05:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "Ley Electoral art. 287: the 20 PARLACEN deputies and their alternates are allocated from each party's national vote at the presidential level by the presidential electoral quotient (no separate ballot); a party needs at least one quotient for a seat. Art. 284: the declaration is due within 30 calendar days, by 25 Dec 2029; the window closes at the end of that day local. Precedents: 2021: declared with the presidential result on 20-21 Dec 2021 (day 22-23); 2025: included in the final declaration of 30 Dec 2025, day 30 (Tu Nota, 30 Dec 2025). The opening is an estimated floor. Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the CNE. Ley Electoral (Decreto 35-2021) art. 211: the CNE 'debe realizar las elecciones generales el último domingo del mes de noviembre del año anterior a aquel en que finaliza el período de gobierno respectivo'. Constitution art. 237: 'El período presidencial será de (4) cuatro años y empezará el veintisiete de enero siguiente a la fecha en que se realizó la elección'; art. 196: deputies serve four years from the solemn installation of Congress (art. 189: ordinary sessions open 25 January). The term that began 27 Jan 2026 (after the 30 Nov 2025 election) ends in January 2030, so the election falls in 2029; 30 Nov 2029 is a Friday, so the last Sunday of November 2029 is 25 Nov 2029. Art. 212: the CNE convokes the election six months before (president and designados, PARLACEN deputies, National Congress deputies, municipal corporations), published in La Gaceta. Honduras has no early-election mechanism. Pending changes: in Aug-Sep 2026 the National Congress received electoral-reform proposals (JRV composition, CNE quorum; a presidential runoff needs 86 of 128 votes and had no agreement), none passed; the reporting we read names no change to polling day, hours or the declaration deadline (La Prensa, 9 Aug and 8 Sep 2026). Constitution art. 51 (2011 consolidated text): the electoral law can be reformed only by two thirds of all members of Congress (86 of 128).", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://resultadosgenerales2025.cne.hn/", "role": "see-also", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results host, but its root lists many elections", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CNE results site for the 2025 general election, linked from the cne.hn homepage ('Resultados Electorales Generales 2025'). Given as the precedent, not a 2029 source: the CNE has no standing results index, and no 2029 results page exists. On 2 Oct 2026 the host reset our connection / answered 503, so we could not read it.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://expedientepublico.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ley_Electoral_y_Leyes_Relacionadas_DECRETO_No_35_2021.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Ley Electoral de Honduras, Decreto 35-2021 (La Gaceta 35,610, 26 May 2021), with related constitutional articles, as compiled by Expediente Público (posted Oct 2024); the CNE site (cne.hn) and the IAIP transparency portal refused our fetcher (Cloudflare 403 / proxy 502) on 2 Oct 2026, so the official copy was not read. Art. 211: last Sunday of November; art. 212: convocation six months before; arts. 263 and 265: voting 07:00-17:00, extendable to 18:00; arts. 278-280: preliminary transmission and divulgation; art. 283: general scrutiny; art. 284: declaration within 30 calendar days; arts. 285-287: declaration rules for president, Congress and PARLACEN. Later reforms, if any, are not in this compilation.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Honduras/vigente.html", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Constitución de la República de 1982, consolidated text at the Georgetown Political Database of the Americas (last updated Jan 2011; predates the 2019 reforms that created the CNE). Art. 189: Congress meets 25 January; art. 196: four-year term for deputies; art. 202: 128 deputies; art. 236: president elected by simple majority; art. 237: four-year term from 27 January after the election.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.tunota.com/politica/declaratoria-cne-proceso-electoral-elecciones-honduras-2025-12-30", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Tu Nota, 30 Dec 2025: the CNE's final declaration of the 2025 general election (president, 128 deputies, PARLACEN, 298 municipal corporations), made on 30 Dec 2025, day 30; the presidential level had been announced on 24 Dec.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/inclusion-segunda-vuelta-electoral-elecciones-NN31966281", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "La Prensa, 8 Sep 2026: the National Congress's electoral-affairs commission is still consolidating reform proposals (expected report by October 2026); a runoff needs 86 votes. Nothing passed as of 2 Oct 2026 that we found.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Honduran_general_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "The previous election. No English or Spanish Wikipedia article on the 2029 election existed on 2 Oct 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.cne.hn/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": null, "results": [], "live_count": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/honduras-general-2029#parlacen" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-10-02.be7d6f40", "built_at": "2026-10-02T15:42:24Z", "generated_at": "2026-10-02T18:13:25.138Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Global Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }