Honduras

Presidential succession (1990–present)

Rows highlighted FSP mark presidents from a Foro de São Paulo member/affiliated party.

Legislative composition

Seats by party for recent elections, and whether the governing coalition held a majority. In a fragmented system a governing majority is assembled across several parties — no party governs alone; a coalition majority is not a single-party majority. Each bar orders blocs left→right with a marker at the majority line.

FSP member parties (highlighted FSP): Libertad y Refundación (LIBRE). LIBRE, formed in 2011 by supporters of the ousted Manuel Zelaya, is Honduras's FSP member. Before 2011 there was no FSP party in Congress.

2025 — Congreso Nacional (128 seats; majority = 65)

FSP member parties together: 35 of 128 (27%) — 30 seats short of the 65-seat majority. The FSP parties sat in opposition.

Government: Nasry Asfura (PN) — lacked a majority. FSP party in government: no. The Partido Nacional's Nasry Asfura won the presidency and PN took a plurality of Congress (49 of 128); no party reached the 65-seat majority, so lawmaking depends on cross-party alliances. LIBRE, the FSP member, returned to opposition with 35 seats. The CNE issued its final declaration on 30 December 2025, having declared Asfura the presidential winner on 24 December with ~40.2% of the vote; both LIBRE and the Liberal Party's Salvador Nasralla disputed the count. PL and LIBRE are counted as opposition to the PN government but are ideological opposites and do not form a common bloc; PINU-SD (2) and the Christian Democrats (1) hold the balance. (source 1, source 2, source 3)

2021 — Congreso Nacional (128 seats; majority = 65)

FSP member parties together: 50 of 128 (39%) — 15 seats short of the 65-seat majority. The FSP party held the presidency but not a majority in this chamber.

Government: Xiomara Castro (LIBRE) — lacked a majority. FSP party in government: yes. LIBRE won a plurality (50/128); even with its electoral ally PSH (10) the government bloc held 60 seats — 5 short of a majority. The gap showed immediately: in January 2022 a group of LIBRE dissidents backed a rival congressional leadership, splitting the chamber before a negotiated settlement. Castro governed without reliable control of Congress. (source 1, source 2)

High court — Corte Suprema de Justicia

Seats

15

Appointment

Magistrates elected by the National Congress for 7-year terms.

Changes (FSP era)

Before the FSP era: in Dec 2012 Congress removed four Constitutional Chamber justices ("technical coup"), and in 2015 the court lifted the ban on presidential re-election (enabling Hernández). Under Castro/LIBRE, Congress elected a new 15-magistrate court in Feb 2023.

How much remains

The 15-magistrate court elected by Congress in Feb 2023 (under LIBRE) is current; its partisan balance reflects the multi-party negotiation in Congress.

Verified

yes — sourced

Court history (1990–present)

Structural changes to the court during the Foro de São Paulo era — size changes, court-packings, purges and reforms. packing/purge mark expansions and forced removals. Sources: source · source.

Bench control by appointing government

Sourced period bands: how much of the sitting high-court bench was appointed (or, where sources say so, effectively controlled) under FSP-member governments. Appointment provenance is not a claim about how judges rule — see each band's notes; documented interventions are in the court history above. Seat counts appear only where sources give them; years outside these bands are uncovered, not asserted.

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Justice_(Honduras)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Honduran_general_election