US EditionHonduran election still too close to call as vote counting enters seventh day
Repeated technical failures and allegations of deliberate fraud have delayed final results in a razor-thin Honduran presidential race with over 87% of votes counted.
- On Dec 5, vote counting stretched into its sixth day with no winner declared as the Transmission and Dissemination of Election Results system suffered repeated downtime and a Tuesday pause.
- CNE member Marlon Ochoa alleged coordinated electoral fraud by fellow council members, citing disabled biometric checks, altered tally sheets, unexplained vote transfers, and a 40-hour retention of more than 16,000 tally sheets causing nearly one million vote discrepancies.
- With 87.84% of ballots tallied, Nasry Asfura held about 40.20%, roughly 20,000 votes ahead of Salvador Nasralla at 39.48%, while officials said 14% of ballots showed inconsistencies and would be reviewed.
- CESPAD urged the CNE to act after repeated outages, while National Electoral Council head Ana Paola Hall said the process will meet the December 30 deadline amid warnings of unrest.
- Following Trump's endorsement and a high-profile pardon, critics and COPINH condemned U.S. interference, warning it threatens sovereignty and renews elite control in the 2025 contest.
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By CNN en Español - The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Ana Paola Hall, announced this Sunday the “immediate” resumption of the vote count for the November 30 elections, which had been halted since Friday due to “technical failures.” The announcement came amid a tense atmosphere caused by the delays, while the ruling Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) called for protests. “The release of the results will restart immediatel…
Honduras Vote Count Standoff Deepens Distrust In Fragile Democracy
Key Points A nearly tied presidential race has been frozen for days, with no clear winner or timeline. Years of scandals and broken promises have left voters doubting almost every institution. How this ends will shape migration, security cooperation and investment far beyond Honduras. Hondurans turned out on 30 November expecting a routine election and […]
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In Honduras, impatience grows because electoral authorities have not provided an update on the counts.
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