US EditionHonduras' presidential runner-up Nasralla challenges loss
Nasralla seeks a ballot recount in 12 departments after a narrow loss with less than 1% margin, citing excluded votes and irregularities, as legal deadlines approach.
- Salvador Nasralla's legal team filed an appeal on Monday with the Electoral Justice Tribunal , which requested additional documentation before deciding on the challenge.
- Amid weeks of delays and uncertainty, less than 1% separated the candidates in the Nov 30 election, while Salvador Nasralla rejected the National Electoral Council’s declaration last week citing excluded ballots.
- Nasralla is seeking a comprehensive recount in at least 12 of 18 departments while his lawyers have not made evidence publicly available, and Libre supporters demonstrated outside the CNE on Monday.
- The Electoral Justice Tribunal set a 48-hour deadline for the CNE to submit recount paperwork, while Nasry Asfura is due to take office on January 27 for the 2026-2030 term and his party denied fraud accusations.
- The dispute is unfolding amid heightened political tension and public mistrust, while the declared winner received backing from U.S. President Donald Trump, adding an international dimension.
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Honduran Presidential Runner-Up Salvador Nasralla Challenges Results of Election
Honduran presidential runner-up Salvador Nasralla has formally filed an appeal to challenge the results of last month’s contested election. There are mounting accusations of fraud after conservative Nasry Asfura was declared the winner, nearly one month after voters took to the polls in an electoral process that was riddled with technical issues and a lack of transparency. Asfura was personally endorsed by President Trump, which was widely criti…
Honduras has decided to move quickly from the stage of progressive government that Xiomara Castro led and that has barely lasted four years, vitiated by nepotism and controversial decisions such as the prolonged state of emergency in most of the country. Former Mayor of Tegucigalpa, Nasry Asfura, will be invested on January 27 and will lead the turn to the right and the return to the bipartisanism that Honduras had led over the last hundred year…
By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español. Salvador Nasralla, who ran in Honduras's November presidential election, requested a special review and recount of the ballots from the Electoral Court (TJE) shortly before the legal deadline for the National Electoral Council (CNE), which declared Nasry Asfura the winner on December 24, to issue the official results. The TJE reportedly received the request, according to a document released by Marco Tulio Medi…
Honduras' presidential runner-up Nasralla challenges loss
Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla has formally challenged the results of the country's recent election, the latest twist in a closely contested race that was beset by delays, technical problems and fraud allegations.
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