Trump-backed conservative Nasry Asfura wins Honduras election: Authorities

Asfura says he is ready to govern after narrow vote as the US urges ‘all parties to respect the confirmed results’.Published On 24 Dec 2025Nasry Asfura, a conservative candidate backed by United States President Donald Trump, has won the closely contested presidential elections in Honduras, the country’s election council has said.The final results, announced on Wednesday – more than 20 days after the vote took place – are likely to lead to challenges in the Central American nation.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president Hernandez after US pardonlist 2 of 3Honduran military vows to ensure orderly post-election power transferlist 3 of 3Honduras election official says ‘disturbances’ preventing vote recountend of listAccording to the electoral authority, known as the CNE, Asfura won 40.3 percent of the vote, edging out centre-right Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla, who received 39.5 percent.In a brief social media post, Asfura thanked the CNE on Wednesday. “Honduras: I am prepared to govern. I will not fail you,” he wrote.Trump had come out strongly in support of Asfura, attacking Nasralla and left-wing candidate Rixi Moncada, who ended up garnering less than 20 percent of the votes.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was quick to congratulate Asfura on Wednesday, saying that Washington looks forward to working with him.“The people of Honduras have spoken: Nasry Asfura is Honduras’ next president,” Rubio wrote in a social media post.In a separate statement, Rubio urged “all parties to respect the confirmed results” of the elections.Earlier this month, Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez – a member of Asfura’s National Party – who was serving a lengthy prison sentence in the US for drug trafficking.Asfura, the former mayor of Honduras’s capital, Tegucigalpa, is of Palestinian descent. But his National Party is staunchly pro-Israel.