1985 Honduran general election
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{{Infobox election
| flag_year = 1949
| next_year = 1989
| previous_year = 1981
| previous_election = 1981 Honduran general election
| next_election = 1989 Honduran general election
| election_date = 24 November 1985
| country = Honduras
| turnout = 84.02% ({{increase}} 5.48pp)
| module = {{Infobox election
| type = presidential
| election_name = Presidential election
| embed = yes
| nominee1 = José Azcona
| image1 = Jose Azcona 1987.jpg
| party1 = Liberal Party of Honduras
| popular_vote1 = 424,358
| percentage1 = 51.02%
| nominee2 = Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero
| image2 = Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero (cropped 3x4).jpg
| party2 = National Party of Honduras
| popular_vote2 = 701,406
| percentage2 = 45.49%
| title = President
| before_election = Roberto Suazo Córdova
| before_party = Liberal Party of Honduras
| after_election = José Azcona
| after_party = Liberal Party of Honduras
}}}}{{Politics of Honduras}}
General elections were held in Honduras on 24 November 1985.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p407 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}} Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
Each voter had a single vote to cast for a presidential candidate, with seats in the National Congress divided based on the share of the vote their presidential candidate had won.
Results
{{Election results
|dsv=y
|candtitle=Presidential candidate
|cand1=José Azcona del Hoyo|alliance1=Liberal Party|aspan1=6|party1=Azconista Liberal Movement|votes1=424358|seats1=46
|cand2=Oscar Mejía Arellano|party2=Rodista Liberal Movement|votes2=250519|seats2=18
|cand3=Efraín Bu Girón|party3=Movement of Efraín Bu Girón|votes3=64230|seats3=3
|cand4=Carlos Roberto Reina|party4=Liberal Democratic Revolutionary Movement|votes4=43373|seats4=0
|cand5=Party votes|party5=Liberal Party|votes5=4114|seats5=0
|atotal6=786594|aseats6=67
|cand7=Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero|alliance7=National Party|aspan7=5|party7=Callejista National Movement|votes7=656882|seats7=63
|cand8=Fernando Douglas Lardizabal|party8=Movement of Fernando Douglas Lardizabal|votes8=22163|seats8=0
|cand9=Juan Pablo Urrutia Raudales|party9=Change and Unity Nationalist Movement|votes9=20121|seats9=0
|cand10=Party votes|party10=National Party|votes10=2240|seats10=0
|atotal11=701406|aseats11=63
|cand12=Hernan Corrales Padilla|alliance12=Christian Democratic Party|votes12=30173|seats12=2
|cand13=Enrique Aguilar Cerrato|alliance13=Innovation and Unity Party|votes13=23705|seats13=2
|invalid=55963
|electorate=1901757
|source=[https://archivos.juridicas.unam.mx/www/bjv/libros/6/2701/17.pdf Ramos Soto], [http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/HONDURAS_1985_E.PDF IPU], [https://books.google.com/books?id=7VSsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT116 Ruhl & McDonald], Statistical Abstract of Latin AmericaStatistical Abstract of Latin America, volume 25, 1986 p194
}}
References
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