The United States urged the Honduran population and political actors on Monday to remain calm and patient in the face of the definition of the presidential elections, which are taking place with a minimal difference in the preliminary count and delays due to failures on the official page of the National Electoral Council (CNE).
“We congratulate the Honduran people for their high participation in the elections and ask for patience while awaiting the official results,” stated the US Embassy, replicating a message from the Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs of the State Department.
The scrutiny, which closed on Sunday night, still does not yield a definitive winner due to the unprecedented parity. According to the most recent official report, with 57.03% of the records transmitted at noon, Nasry Asfura (National Electoral Council) leads by just 515 votes over his main rival, Salvador Nasralla (Liberal Party): 749,022 votes (39.91%) against 748,507 (39.89%).
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The lack of a second round in Honduras makes each vote even more relevant in an election defined by minimal margins.
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Neither of the two candidates has declared themselves the winner. Both campaigns insist that they are handling their own data based on records compiled by their teams of prosecutors, in some cases with divergent tendencies with respect to the institutional count.
Asfura asked for calm and emphasized this Monday that his structure has information “much more advanced” regarding the national trend and that they are “sure of what we are telling them”, although he refrained from proclaiming victory.
“I am not here to make any proclamation, I am only here to say let’s have patience, all the Honduran people, let the CNE finish doing its thing and we will find out the reality,” he stated in statements to the press.
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The CNE also called for calm and asked to avoid speculation while the counting of pending records is concluded, especially those classified in contingency one and two. Subsequently, the special scrutiny will be carried out and, finally, the general count that will result in the official declaration.
“Patience and prudence, the peace with which the process was lived must be maintained until it concludes, with the declaration of results,” said the president of the organization, Ana Paola Hall, on her X account.
However, Hondurans experience difficulties in consulting the results digitally. The constant crashes and delays on the CNE page, attributed to the saturation of visits and queries, limit access to the data and increase anxiety on a historic day of electoral uncertainty.
In the final stretch of the campaign leading up to Sunday, Asfura gained international notoriety after being explicitly endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, who called on the electorate to favor him and promised “much support” and cooperation in the event of a nationalist victory.
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The dispute, marked by the slightest difference, occurs in a context of political crisis, high dependence on foreign aid, and a Honduran economy hurt by poverty and migration.
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The remaining records, especially in key departments, will be decisive for the final outcome. The dominant message among international organizations and the electoral body itself is clear: Honduras must wait patiently and calmly for the confirmation of its next president.
