Trump cries foul over ‘technical tie’ in Honduras presidential race

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In Honduras, the November 30 presidential election between right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura and centrist Salvador Nasralla resulted in a "technical tie." As of December 2, 2025, Asfura led by only 515 votes with 57% of ballots counted, prompting the National Electoral Council (CNE) to initiate a manual recount. Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who had previously threatened to cut off aid if Asfura wasn't elected, accused election officials of manipulating the outcome. He doubled down on threats of retaliation if his favored candidate is not declared the winner. The CNE has urged patience as it completes the vote count and special counting process.

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The National Electoral Council (CNE) called for 'patience' as it launched the count.

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Trump threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if Asfura were not elected.

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Trump accused election officials of 'trying to change' the outcome of the election.

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Nasry Asfura was leading Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes after 57 percent of the ballots had been counted.

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Honduras is conducting a manual count of votes cast in the November 30 presidential election.

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The latest vote count has Trump’s favoured right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura just 515 ballots ahead of his rival.Published On 2 Dec 2025United States President Donald Trump has lashed out as Honduras announced that it is to conduct a manual count of votes cast in the November 30 presidential election.The National Electoral Council (CNE) called for “patience” on Tuesday as it launched the count. Earlier, it had announced that a partial digital count had left the two frontrunners locked in a “technical tie”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ahead of a tight presidential election, Honduras braces for controversylist 2 of 4Trump says will pardon former Honduras leader before presidential votelist 3 of 4Honduras votes for new president in poll overshadowed by Trump’s threatslist 4 of 4Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura leads Honduras race, early trends showend of listIn a tirade on social media late on Monday, Trump accused the election officials of “trying to change” the outcome of the election, and doubled down on vague threats of retaliation should his favoured candidate not be declared the victor of a tight race, which has been beset by problems with the results website.In the latest update, CNE head Ana Paola Hall said Trump-backed right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura was leading centrist rival Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes after 57 percent of the ballots had been counted.“Faced with this technical tie, we must remain calm, be patient, and wait for the CNE to finish counting,” she said.“Subsequently, the special counting process will be carried out in order to finalise the general count.”Presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla speaks during a news conference in Tegucigalpa on November 30, 2025 [Jose Cabezas/Reuters]‘Hell to pay’Trump, who in the run-up to the vote had threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if National Party candidate Asfura were not elected, responded with a post on his Truth Social platform that claimed the CNE had “abruptly stopped counting” the votes.

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