Innovation and Unity Party

PINU participated in their first election in the 1981 Congressional elections, which were held on 29 November 1981. They earned three seats in the national Congress. Party founder and president Miguel Andonie Fernandez was the party's nominee for president. The party earned 1.62% of the vote.

At Congressional elections held 26 November 1985, PINU did not win any seats in the 134-member assembly. This marked the first time PINU went without representation in Congress since their inception. In the presidential contest the same day, Enrique Aguilar Cerrato, the party's nominee, placed fourth, taking 1.54% of the vote.

At Congressional elections held 24 November 1985, PINU won two seats in the 134-member assembly. In the presidential contest the same day, Enrique Aguilar Cerrato, the party's nominee, placed third, taking 1.94% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=HONDURAS: parliamentary elections Congreso Nacional, 2001 |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2139_01.htm |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=archive.ipu.org}}

At Congressional elections held 24 November 1985, PINU won two seats in the 134-member assembly. In the presidential contest the same day, Enrique Aguilar Cerrato, the party's nominee, placed fourth, taking 1.54% of the vote.

At Congressional elections held 30 November 1985, PINU won three seats in the 134-member assembly, marking the highest level of representation achieved by the party since its inception. Overall, they won 4.13% of the vote. In the presidential contest the same day, Olban Francisco Valladares Ordóñez, the party's nominee, placed third, winning 2.1% of the vote. As of 2024, this is the best a presidential candidate from PINU has performed.{{Cite web |title=HONDURAS: parliamentary elections Congreso Nacional, 1997 |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2139_97.htm |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=archive.ipu.org}}

At Congressional elections held 25 November 2001, PINU won four seats in the 128-member assembly. In the presidential contest the same day, Olban Francisco Valladares Ordóñez placed third, taking 1.45% of the vote.

In the legislative elections of 27 November 2005, the party won two out of 128 seats in the Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Carlos Sosa Coello, won 1.0% of the vote.

In Congressional elections taking place on 27 November 2009, PINU won three seats in Congress, earning 6.43% of the total vote.{{Cite web |title=IPU PARLINE database: HONDURAS (Congreso nacional), Last elections |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-E/reports/2139_E.htm |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=archive.ipu.org}} PINU's candidate in the 2009 presidential election was Bernard Martínez Valerio. He came in third place, earning 1.83% of the vote.{{cite web|title=Publicación del voto despeja incógnitas |publisher=Tiempo |year=2009 |url=http://tiempo.hn/secciones/politica/1956-publicacion-del-voto-despeja-incognitas |access-date=2009-08-07 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524110809/https://www.webcitation.org/5irH5p3mA?url=http://tiempo.hn/secciones/politica/1956-publicacion-del-voto-despeja-incognitas |archive-date=2024-05-24 |url-status=dead |language=es }}

In Congressional elections taking place on 26 November 2017, PINU gained back control of the seats it lost in 2009, earning four seats in Congress. PINU's candidate in the 2013 election was Jorge Aguilar Paredes.{{Cite web |last=cronologia/-/meta/tatiana-paz-morel |title=Jorge Aguilar, hombre firme y honesto |url=https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/jorge-aguilar-hombre-firme-y-honesto-MBLP428040 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=www.laprensa.hn |language=es-HN}} He came in seventh place, earning 0.14% of the vote.

In Congressional elections taking place on 24 November 2017, PINU won one seat in Congress, earning 1.83% of the total vote, marking a significant decrease in support. PINU did not have a candidate in the presidential election, which took place on the same day.{{Cite web |title=Results of 2017 presidential elections in Honduras |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/790270/number-votes-cast-presidential-election-primaries-honduras/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Statista |language=en}}

In Congressional elections taking place on 28 November 2021, PINU lost all four of its seats in Congress, marking the first time since 1989 that the party failed to earn any seats. PINU did not have a candidate in the presidential election which took place that day.{{Cite web |title=European Union Election Observation Mission HONDURAS 2021 Final Report |url=https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/eu_eom_honduras_2021_final_report_english.pdf}}

• Politics of Honduras
• Elections in Honduras

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• [https://www.pinusd.hn/ Official website]
• [http://archive.ipu.org/parline-E/reports/2139_arc.htm Honduras Election Results Archive]

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