US EditionUS demands that Honduras proceed immediately with stalled election count
A special recount of about 2,700 inconsistent tally sheets is underway amid fraud allegations and protests, with the National Party candidate holding a narrow lead, officials said.
- After the November 30 election, the Honduran National Electoral Council resumed counting after a five-day hiatus and launched a special review of roughly 2,700–2,800 inconsistent tally sheets.
- Facing mass mobilizations, electoral authorities halted the count amid intimidation claims, as two major parties representing almost 60% of the vote rejected results and LIBRE denounced interference during demonstrations in Tegucigalpa.
- Official tallies show a narrow lead for Nasry Asfura, with vote totals of 1,302,264 to 1,258,580 for Salvador Nasralla and a lead margin of 43,000 out of more than 3 million ballots.
- The U.S. Department of State urged a prompt manual recount last month and warned against disruptions, while the Organization of American States observer mission demanded immediate action and Ana Hall, President of the CNE, said intimidation impedes results.
- President Xiomara Castro alleges a coup attempt and urges peaceful mobilization in Tegucigalpa as former president Juan Orlando Hernández, pardoned in the US, plans to `proclaim the winner of the elections`, while stalled counting threatens regional security and migration cooperation.
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In Honduras, battle erupts over presidential election ballot count
The electoral commission has decided to recount the results from polling stations with inconsistencies. The two leading right-wing candidates, one of whom has the backing of Donald Trump, accused each other of fraud, while the outgoing president condemned an 'electoral coup d'état.'
Honduras starts special count of final votes in its presidential election
Honduras electoral officials have launched a special count of the final set of votes in the country’s November presidential election, after three weeks of uncertainty, swirling accusations and pressure from the Trump administration to wrap up the results
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Ottumwa CourierTEGUCIGALPA (AP) — Honduras' National Electoral Council says it begins a special scrutiny to determine the winner of the presidential election.
Delayed manual vote count to finalize Honduras electoral results begins
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 18 - The Honduran electoral council on Thursday started a delayed, manual count of tally sheets containing hundreds of thousands of votes of the Central American nation's November 30 presidential election. Read full story
By Sol Amaya and Elvin Sandoval, CNN en Español. Eighteen days after the presidential elections in Honduras, the vote count remains stalled, plunging the country into chaos amid allegations of fraud, protests, and demands from the United States for the process to move forward “immediately.” Meanwhile, preliminary results from the National Electoral Council (CNE), with 99.80% of the ballots counted, still show National Party candidate Nasry “Tito…
Libre Party demands annulment of general elections in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) The ruling Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) of Honduras demanded the annulment of the general elections held on November 30 in this Central American country, deeming them fraudulent.
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