Overview
- The electoral authority announced the result on December 24 following weeks of verification after the November 30 vote.
- With 99.93% of ballots tallied, Asfura secured 40.26% to Salvador Nasralla’s 39.54%, while LIBRE’s Rixi Moncada trailed well behind.
- Officials said the count was prolonged by reporting system malfunctions and reviews of questioned ballots.
- The inauguration is scheduled for January 27, marking a shift from the current leftist government to a right-leaning administration.
- Asfura posted on X that he is ready to govern, and he campaigned on reversing Honduras’s 2023 break in diplomatic relations with Taiwan.