The World - News from Dec. 24, 1985
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Jose Azcona Hoyo, a 58-year-old civil engineer, was officially declared the winner of presidential elections held Nov. 24 in Honduras. He is to be inaugurated Jan. 27 for a four-year term, succeeding Roberto Suazo Cordova. The National Election Tribunal said Azcona’s Liberal Party had 786,594 votes to 701,406 votes for the second-place National Party. Under the election rules, this gave the presidency to Azcona, even though he was outpolled individually by the National Party candidate.
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