Christian Democratic Party of Honduras Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras |
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Leader | Lucas Evangelisto Aguilera Pineda |
Founded | September 10, 1968 |
Headquarters | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Ideology | Christian democracy |
Political position | Centrism |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International, Christian Democratic Organization of America, Democratic Centre group of the Central American Parliament. |
Official colors | Green |
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http://www.pdch.hn/ | |
Politics of Honduras Political parties Elections |
The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras), known by the abbreviation DC, is a centre-left political party in Honduras. At the last legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, DC won 3.7% of the popular vote and 3 out of 128 seats in the National Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Marco Orlandi Iriarte won 1.0%.
In the legislative elections of 27 November 2005, the party won 4 out of 128 seats in the Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Juan Ramón Martínez won 1.4 %.
DC's candidate in the 2009 presidential election was Felicito Ávila.[1] The party supported the interim government of Roberto Micheletti.[2]
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