2009 Elections
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.
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