Honduras - 01/01/2024

Single House:
• In order to make the principle of parity effective, all lists for all popularly elected positions, at all elective levels (…), List of Representatives to the National Congress in the list of principal candidates, (…) must be composed of fifty percent (50%) of women and fifty percent (50%) of men. In the lists of deputies to the National Congress and the Central American Parliament, parity is applicable to both the list of principal candidates and alternates, and in the case of an odd number of deputies to the National Congress, the difference between the total number of men and women must not be greater than one. In those Departments, where the representation falls on only one position of party authority or Deputy to the National Congress, the principle of representation of both sexes must be applied, alternately including principal candidates and alternates. This mechanism must be applied in: 1) Internal elections, including second degree elections; 2) Primary elections; 3) General elections when political parties have not held a primary election process; and, 4) Independent candidacies. (Electoral Law, article 74).
• The lists of candidates submitted to the National Electoral Council (CNE) must use the mechanism of alternation by gender (female-male or male-female) in such a way that two (2) persons of the same sex may not be consecutively on the list. This mechanism must be applied to popularly elected positions (...) at the elective level of the National Congress in the list of principal candidates (...). The alternation is excepted, preserving parity, in the lists of candidates for alternate deputies. (Electoral Law, article 75).