Honduras’s Nasralla holds narrow lead over Asfura in presidential vote

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As of December 4, 2025, Honduras' presidential election remains undecided as vote counting continues. With over 80% of ballots tallied, centrist candidate Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party holds a narrow lead of less than 14,000 votes over Nasry Asfura of the National Party, who is backed by former U.S. President Donald Trump. Rixi Moncada of the ruling LIBRE Party is a distant third. The National Electoral Council (CNE) has faced technical difficulties, including system outages, causing delays and suspensions in the vote count. International observers and the Honduran electoral authority have urged calm and patience while the final results are determined. The Honduran presidency is decided in a single round by simple majority.

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The CNE suspended vote counting for a second time.

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The result was still too early to call.

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With 80.29 percent of ballots tallied, Nasralla held 40.23 percent while Asfura had 39.69 percent.

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Salvador Nasralla has widened a narrow lead over Nasry Asfura.

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Either way, we’re going to win.

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With 80 percent of votes counted, centrist candidate widens lead over his Trump-backed conservative rival.Published On 4 Dec 2025Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla has widened a narrow lead over his conservative rival, Nasry Asfura, who is backed by United States President Donald Trump, as the counting of votes continued for a fourth day.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).Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Honduras election: Why has Trump threatened to cut off aid?list 2 of 4Honduran ex-president freed after Trump’s ‘full and complete’ pardonlist 3 of 4Was ex-Honduras leader Hernandez victim of Biden ‘set-up’, as Trump claims?list 4 of 4Trump cries foul over ‘technical tie’ in Honduras presidential raceend of listNasrallah’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.The result was still too early to call, according to the CNE.The Honduran presidency is decided in a single round, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even if the margin is narrow or they fall short of an absolute majority.The election on Sunday was fiercely contested, and the counting of votes has been delayed by technical difficulties.The CNE on Wednesday suspended vote counting for a second time, with members of the electoral council blaming the company behind the tabulating platform for the outages.CNE official Cossette Lopez-Osorio said the latest counting halt was due to system maintenance that was done without proper notice, and added that she considered it “inexcusable”.Nasralla, a 72-year-old television presenter, remained confident despite the problems.“Either way, we’re going to win,” he wrote on X.Election observers from the European Union and the Organization of American States, as well as Honduras’s electoral authority, have called for calm and patience as the final votes are counted.

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