Overview
- With 80.29% of ballots tallied, Salvador Nasralla leads Nasry Asfura 40.23% to 39.69% by fewer than 14,000 votes, and no winner has been certified.
- The electoral authority repeatedly paused result updates after technical failures and moved outstanding ballots to manual counting, disrupting real-time reporting.
- President Donald Trump endorsed Asfura, accused officials of trying to change the result on Truth Social, and heightened tensions by pardoning former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was released from U.S. custody.
- EU and OAS observer missions urged patience and calm as fraud allegations circulated and authorities pledged an accurate final tally.
- Honduras decides the presidency in a single round, and both frontrunners have signaled interest in restoring diplomatic ties with Taiwan, a step with regional implications for China.