TEGUCIGALPA.- The businessman Nasry Asfuraof the National Party (PN), this Thursday regained the lead in the count of the Honduran presidential electionsalthough he remains in a technical tie with the presenter Salvador Nasrallaof the Liberal Party (PL).
With 84.52% of the votes counted, Asfura has 40.05%, just above Nasralla’s 39.74%, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE).
A similar cut published in another update placed the percentages at 40.06% compared to 39.73%, confirming the closed dispute.
🇭🇳🗳️| HONDURAS, 16091 of 19152 minutes (84.02%)
ASFURA TURNS IT OVER AGAIN
FOR PRESIDENT
🔵Asfura (National) = 40.01%
🔴Nasralla (Liberal) = 39.82%
🟤Moncada (FREE) = 19.13%
🟠Avila (PNU) = 0.85%
🟢Rivera (DC) = 0.17%#ElectionsHonduras2025 #HondurasVote #Elections2025— Felipe Galli (@FEscrutinio) December 4, 2025
The contest has been marked by interruptions in the dissemination of results. He CNE suspended the publication of data early Monday morninga pause that generated national uncertainty and international criticism.
The system then went down again on Wednesday for three hours for “maintenance.”
The slow process keeps the Honduran population in suspense, facing high levels of poverty, drug trafficking violence and corruption. The electoral body has up to 30 days to issue the official declaration of the winner.
🇭🇳#Honduras – 84.3% scrutinized
🔵Asfura – 40.05%
🔴Nasralla – 39.75%
🟤Moncada – 19.16% pic.twitter.com/SMY4idNMB0— DatoWorld (@DatosAme24) December 4, 2025
🇭🇳#Honduras – Scrutinized 84.48%
🔵Asfura – 40.05%
🔴Nasralla – 39.74%
🟤Moncada – 19.17%Diff: 8,470 votes
— DatoWorld (@DatosAme24) December 4, 2025
Donald Trump’s intervention in the Honduran presidential elections
The American president, Donald Trumpburst into the final stretch of the electoral process by publicly calling to vote for Asfura, whom he described as a “friend of freedom.”
After the first suspension of the system, the president warned of “serious consequences” for Honduras if an attempt was made to “change the results.”
Trump also pardoned the former president Juan Orlando Hernandez (2014-2022), sentenced in the United States to 45 years for drug trafficking and released on Monday. Hernández was leader of the PN, the same party as Asfura.
The American president has designated Nasralla as “almost communist” due to his participation in the president’s government. Xiomara Castro.
However, the communicator, who left the Executive last year, declares himself an admirer of right-wing presidents. Javier Miley (Argentina) and Nayib Bukele (El Salvador).
Close dispute between Asfura and Nasralla in the presidential election
Both candidates have alternated first place since Sunday, the day of the general votes that also included deputies, substitutes and mayors.
Although neither has been declared the winner, both claim to have all the minutes and maintain that their internal projections place them in the lead.
The race represents a duel between two right-wing figures: Asfura, a 67-year-old businessman, and Nasralla, a television presenter with extensive political experience.
The candidate of the ruling Free Party, Rixi Moncadaremains a distant third with 19.17% of the votes.
Elections 2025
🇧🇴Bolivia
🔵Opposing vote – 88%
🔴Official vote – 12%🇭🇳Honduras
🔵Opposing vote – 81%
🔴Official vote – 19% pic.twitter.com/cripBlIiGO— DatoWorld (@DatosAme24) December 4, 2025