Honduras
National Congress
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Luis Rolando
Redondo Guifarro
(Male)
Additional information
Elected on 25 Jan. 2022.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Mario
Alonso Perez López
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
93
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
The candidate lists of the political parties for the elections for the National Congress must include at least 40% women candidates. Candidate lists in single-member constituencies must include a female principal candidate and a male alternate, or vice versa. If a political party violates the gender balance, it will be charged a fine of 5% of the total state funding for the parties. (Source: https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas )
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
93
Number of women elected
35
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
27.34%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
35
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
93
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
35
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Luis Rolando
Redondo Guifarro
(Male)
Political party
Salvador de Honduras Party (PSH)
Date of election
25.01.2022
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1955
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1955
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1957