1924 Honduran general election
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General elections were held in Honduras on 28–30 December 1924. Miguel Paz Barahona was elected president and his National Party won all but one of the seats in Congress.
Background[]
National Party candidate Tiburcio Carías Andino emerged as the leading candidate in the October 1923 presidential elections with 47% of the vote, but failed to win a majority, meaning Congress would have to confirm the winner. Congress, which was controlled by liberals, refused to confirm Carías as the winner. In a Congress vote, 18 voted for Juan Ángel Arias (who had finished third in the popular vote), 15 for Carías and nine for the runner-up Policarpo Bonilla. This led to a two-month civil war starting in February, referred to as the War of Revindication. As a result, American marines were sent into Tegucigalpa to restore peace.[1]
An agreement was signed on the USS Milwaukee on 3 May, which provided for a provisional government led by Vicente Tosta to hold power until fresh elections were held. Participants in the civil war were banned from contesting the presidential election.[1] A new constitution was subsequently drafted and promulgated in September. It introduced residency requirements for Congressional candidates and required presidential candidates to be aged between 30 and 65.[1]
Presidential candidates[]
While Miguel Paz Barahona was nominated as the National Party candidate, with the United States objecting to the candidacy of Tiburcio Carías Andino,[2] who had won the 1923 elections.
The Liberal Party did not put forward a candidate.[3][4]
Results[]
President[]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Miguel Paz Barahona | National Party | 72,021 | 91.76 | |
Other candidates | 6,470 | 8.24 | ||
Total | 78,491 | 100.00 | ||
Source: MacCallum,[5] Department of State |
Congress[]
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
National Party | 46 | |
Liberal Party | 0 | |
Others | 1 | |
Total | 47 |
References[]
- ^ a b c Elections and Events 1900-1924 The Library, UC San Diego
- ^ Euraque, Darío A. Reinterpreting the banana republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1996. Pp. 55-56.
- ^ Haggerty, Richard and Richard Millet. “Historical setting.” Merrill, Tim L., ed. 1995. Honduras: a country study. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. Pp. 27.
- ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.414.
- ^ Elizabeth Pauline MacCallum (1931) Foreign Policy Reports, pp196–197
Bibliography[]
- Argueta, Mario. Tiburcio Carías: anatomía de una época, 1923-1948. Tegucigalpa: Editorial Guaymuras. 1989.
- Bardales B., Rafael. Historia del Partido Nacional de Honduras. Tegucigalpa: Servicopiax Editores. 1980.
- Political handbook of the world 1928. New York, 1929.
- Stokes, William S. Honduras: an area study in government. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1950.
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