Overview
- The National Electoral Council declared Nasry Asfura president-elect with 40.27% to Salvador Nasralla’s 39.53%, a margin of about 0.74 percentage points.
- CNE president Ana Paola Hall said final declarations will meet the legal Dec. 30 deadline even as the special count of 305 unresolved records remains stalled.
- CNE officials attribute the paralysis to boycotts by Liberal and Libre scrutineers, and the pending records primarily affect mayoral and congressional races.
- Libre leaders Manuel Zelaya and incumbent mayor Jorge Aldana called supporters to rally Monday at INFOP in Tegucigalpa to demand a vote-by-vote count in the capital’s race against National Party candidate Juan Diego Zelaya.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio phoned Asfura to congratulate him and highlight bilateral priorities, and Asfura’s team plans a modest Jan. 27, 2026 swearing-in in Parliament.