Overview
- With roughly 84%–85% of tally sheets processed, Nasry Asfura holds about 40.05% to Salvador Nasralla’s roughly 39.7%, a gap reported between about 8,800 and 14,000 votes in the latest updates.
- Electronic publication of results has repeatedly halted for “maintenance” by the contracted provider, prompting the CNE to open a results room in a Tegucigalpa hotel under reinforced security.
- The CNE says counting now relies on two contingency procedures for tally sheets that were not transmitted or not processed at polling stations, and it has up to 30 days by law to certify the outcome.
- Nasralla urges calm, says the winner will take “some days” to determine due to special scrutiny and planned challenges of actas with apparent irregularities, and both leading candidates have avoided declaring victory.
- International observers have called for patience, a repeat vote is set for Dec. 7 in San Antonio de Flores, and the political backdrop includes President Donald Trump’s backing of Asfura and his recent pardon of ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández.