Overview
- The National Electoral Council certified Asfura's victory with two of three councillors, while the third refused to endorse the act and filed a complaint.
- Official results give Asfura about 40.27% to Salvador Nasralla’s roughly 39.5%, a margin of around 28,000 votes.
- Weeks of technical stoppages ended with a hand review of roughly 15% of tally sheets before the declaration.
- On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Asfura to congratulate him and pressed all sides to respect the confirmed results.
- Nasralla and ruling LIBRE leaders reject the outcome as fraudulent, citing Trump’s endorsement and pardon as interference, and signal possible legal challenges before the January 27 inauguration.