With 80.29 percent of ballots tallied on Wednesday, the centrist Liberal Party's Nasralla held 40.23 percent while the National Party's Asfura had 39.69 percent, according to the country's National Electoral Council (CNE). list of 4 itemsend of list Nasrallah's lead over Asfura was less than 14,000 votes. Rixi Moncada of the ruling leftist LIBRE Party was well behind in third place with 19.01 percent.
Very few in this Central American country expected the election to be decided vote by vote due to a virtual tie between the two right-wing candidates: the liberal Salvador Nasralla and the nationalist Nasry Asfura. Nasralla has declared himself the winner on social media and presented data from his party that gives him an advantage over his opponent, but Asfura has opted for caution.
Nasry "Tito" Asfura of the right-wing National Party and Liberal Party contender Salvador Nasralla maintain a "technical tie" in the country's elections, Honduras' electoral body said. Asfura, backed by US President Donald Trump, only held a lead of 515 votes over Nasralla, National Electoral Council head Ana Paola Hall posted on her X account. A manual count of the votes will now take place, Hall said. The winner with a simple majority will govern the Central American country from 2026 to 2030.
The US Congressional Progressive Caucus on Friday accused President Donald Trump of "flagrantly interfering" in Honduras' upcoming presidential election after Trump announced his endorsement of right-wing candidate Nasry "Tito" Asfura and repeated threats he's made previously ahead of other electoral contests in which he sought to secure a conservative win.
