A stalemate is emerging in the presidential election in Honduras: the right-wing opposition candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura, supported by US President Donald Trump, is narrowly ahead of the conservative candidate Salvador Nasralla.
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The National Electoral Council announced this, citing preliminary results. The left-wing government candidate Rixi Moncada came a distant third.
Asfura of the National Party received 39.91 percent of the vote, while television presenter Nasralla of the Liberal Party had 39.89 percent. The two candidates are separated by just around 500 votes. The preliminary results are based on an accelerated counting process. Now the election office will record all ballot papers to determine an official final result. The Electoral Council has 30 days to announce an election winner.
Salvador Nasralla has recently caught up significantly and is now almost on a par with his competitor Asfura. Image: keystone
Election office calls on citizens to exercise caution
The President of the Electoral Office, Ana Paola Hall, called on citizens to be “patient and prudent” in a post on Platform X. “The peace that accompanied this process must be maintained until its end, until the results are announced.”
Around 6.5 million citizens of the Central American country were called on Sunday to vote on the successor to left-wing President Xiomara Castro. Whoever wins the most votes in the election becomes president of the Central American country – there are no runoff elections planned.
Trump is interfering in the election campaign
Shortly before the vote, US President Trump intervened in the election campaign with an election recommendation and a threat. He called for people to vote for Asfura to fight against “narco-communism.” If the former mayor of the capital Tegucigalpa wins, Honduras could rely on US support; Otherwise, Washington will not waste money in the country, said Trump.
The candidate from the ruling Libre party announced before the election that she would not recognize the provisional electronic results. Moncada said she will wait for the final count of all paper voting records. (sda/dpa)