Tegucigalpa, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya affirmed that in the official count of ballots from the governing Partido Libertad y Refundacion (Liberty and Refundation Party-LIBRE), Salvador Nasralla, candidate of the right-wing Partido Liberal (Liberal Party-PL), won the November 30 general elections.

In a message posted on his X profile on Tuesday evening, Zelaya indicated that he consulted LIBRE’s presidential candidate, Rixi Moncada, before making this information public.

With his statement, Zelaya, who is also the general coordinator of the LIBRE party, effectively acknowledges Moncada’s third-place in the preliminary election results.

With 99.40 percent of the ballots counted, Nasry Asfura, opponent of the right-wing Partido Nacional (National Party-PN), leads the chaotic vote recount by the National Electoral Council. He was detained at midnight on Monday after suspicious “system crashes” since election day.

Backed by US President Donald Trump, Asfura leads the race with 1,298,835 votes (40.52 percent), ahead of Nasralla, who has 1,256,428 (39.20 percent).

Relegated to third place, contrary to all pre-election projections that considered her a frontrunner, is the LIBRE party candidate, Moncada, who has so far 618,448 votes (19.29 percent).

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