Overview
- Asfura was declared winner with 40.27% to Salvador Nasralla’s 39.53%, a 0.74‑point lead certified by CNE consejeras Ana Paola Hall and Cossette López alongside a substitute for absent consejero Marlon Ochoa, and he is scheduled to take office on January 27, 2026.
- Roughly 15% of tally sheets were counted by hand following system failures, and the CNE said 333 actas remain under special scrutiny with 98.27% considered consistent.
- Nasralla and the governing Libre party reject the declaration and say they will impugn the results, as Congress president Luis Redondo labeled the move an electoral ‘coup’.
- The United States, via Secretary of State Marco Rubio, congratulated Asfura, while the European Union and several Latin American governments signaled readiness to work with him and the OAS noted the declaration but lamented the incomplete count.
- U.S. involvement drew scrutiny as President Donald Trump endorsed Asfura before the vote and the State Department revoked or denied visas to two Honduran electoral officials during the recount.