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Christian Democratic Party of Honduras
Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras |
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| Leader | Augusto Cruz Ascensio |
| Founded | September 10, 1968 |
| Headquarters | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Regional affiliation | Christian Democratic Organization of America |
| Colors | Green |
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| http://www.pdch.hn/ | |
The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras), known by the abbreviation DC, is a political party in Honduras. At the legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, DC won 3.7% of the popular vote and 3 out of 128 seats in the National Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Marco Orlando Iriarte won 1.0%.
In the legislative elections of 27 November 2005, the party won 4 out of 128 seats in the Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Juan Ramón Martínez won 1.4%.
DC's candidate in the 2009 presidential election was Felicito Ávila. The party supported the interim government of Roberto Micheletti which came to power in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, itself a part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.Orle Solís was the party's candidate for the 2013 presidential elections.