Trump-backed Nasry Asfura wins Honduras presidency after weeks of delays

By Reuters 25 December 2025, 2:15 am

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Nasry Asfura, presidential candidate for Honduras' National Party, shows his ballots during general elections in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Nasry Asfura, the conservative National Party candidate backed by US President Donald Trump, has won Honduras’ presidential election, the electoral body says as it finally declared a victor of the November 30 presidential election after weeks of delays, technical problems, and allegations of fraud.

The electoral authority, known as the CNE, says Asfura had won 40.3% of the vote, edging out center-right Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla who garnered 39.5%. Results were so tight and the ballot processing system so chaotic that around 15% of the tally sheets comprising hundreds of thousands of ballots had to be counted by hand to determine the winner.