Honduras CNE Officially Declares Asfura Winner of Elections

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (CNE) of Honduras has officially declared the results of the presidential election. "By the will of the majority of the Honduran people, expressed sovereignly at the polls, the Plenary of CNE Counsellors declares citizen Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah constitutional president of the Republic of Honduras for a four-year term, beginning January 27, 2026, and ending January 27, 2030," the declaration states. The declaration was made virtually by Counsellors Ana Paola Hall, president of the CNE and representative of the conservative Liberal Party; Cossette López, representative of the National Party, and Carlos Cardona (a substitute), with the opposition of the third principal counsellor, Marlon Ochoa, from the governing Liberty and Refoundation party (Libre, left), who on Tuesday denounced an "electoral coup" in the making. Conservative Nasry 'Tito' Asfura, backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, stated on Wednesday that he is "prepared to govern" Honduras after the CNE virtually declared him the country's president-elect. "I will not fail you," Asfura underscored in a message on social media X, minutes after the official declaration was made virtually by Counsellors Ana Paola Hall, president of the CNE; Cossette López, and Carlos Cardona (a substitute). "Honduras: I am prepared to govern. I recognize the great work done by the counsellors and the entire team that carried out the development of the elections," Asfura, of the National Party, emphasized. The CNE resolution, read by Counsellor López, highlights that Asfura obtained 1,479,822 votes, Nasralla 1,452,796, and Moncada 705,428. According to the official CNE register, by 3:00 p.m. local time (9:00 p.m. GMT), the Salvador Nasralla candidate from the Liberal Party was in second place with 39.54%, while the Libre candidate, Rixi Moncada, was in third with 19.19%. According to the CNE's count, Asfura won with 40.26% of the votes cast in the general elections of last November 30, whose count was very slow amid allegations of alleged irregularities and with a special scrutiny of 2,792 ballots with inconsistencies that began on December 18 with a five-day delay.