Honduran electoral authorities initiate a special recount of nearly 3,000 ballots with inconsistencies, aiming to define the presidential winner amidst widespread fraud allegations.
Amid multiple allegations of fraud in the elections on November 30, the National Electoral Council of Honduras begins this Saturday, December 13, a special ballot of 2,773 ballots with inconsistencies, which seeks to define the winner of the November 30 electionsw.
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Electoral authorities confirmed the special recount focuses exclusively on these identified inconsistent ballots, whose thorough review could decisively shift the outcome of the presidential race.
Lino Tomas Mendoza, co-electoral Director of the National Electoral Council, confirmed that the scrutiny will occur in the presence of designated representatives from the five political parties that participated in the November 30 General Elections. Additionally, electoral authorities and both national and international observers will monitor the proceedings.
Contested Results and Calls for Transparency According to the latest vote count released by the Electoral Council, with 99.40% of the ballots scrutinized, Nasry Asfura, the presidential candidate for the right-wing National Party, accumulated 1,298,835 votes, an equivalent to 40.52%.
Salvador Nasralla, the Liberal Party’s aspirant, tallied 1,256,428 votes, representing 39.48% of the total.
Rixi Moncada, the presidential candidate for the ruling Freedom and Refoundation Party (LIBRE), secured third place with 618,448 votes, or 19.29%.
Nasralla previously asserted that his party’s independent count of 100 percent of the “physical ballots in hand” indicated his victory in the November 30 elections.
More than a few inconsistencies
During a press conference, the right-wing candidate denounced that more than 5,000 electoral ballots presented “inconsistencies and serious errors”, demanding a “thorough review” from the electoral authorities. This review, he stated, could potentially include a vote-by-vote verification to address the reported irregularities.
Manuel Zelaya, General Coordinator of LIBRE -a party that has also reported widespread electoral fraud and requested the elections’ annulment– corroborated Nasralla’s claims, confirming that LIBRE’s own ballot counts showed a victory for the Liberal Party candidate.
#Honduras | President Xiomara Castro reiterated her condemnation of the fraud in the November 30 elections and described United States President Donald Trump’s interference in the electoral process as “blatant.”https://t.co/8NHdrEKakl
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) December 12, 2025
External Interference and Congressional Condemnation Political forces in Honduras have collectively denounced that the electoral process has been significantly influenced by overt United States interference and marked by severe irregularities. These grave accusations include the alleged hacking of the Preliminary Electoral Results Transmission System (TREP), a critical component of the voting infrastructure.
Last Wednesday, the Permanent Commission of the National Congress of Honduras officially condemned the interference from United States President Donald Trump, who openly called for votes in favor of Asfura. The Congress simultaneously rejected validating an electoral process tainted by internal pressures from organized crime structures.
This Friday, Asfura publicly called for the special recount by the National Electoral Council to be publicly televised. His request, disseminated via his X social media account, explicitly stated, “I ask that the review of the ballots with inconsistencies that the National Electoral Council will carry out be televised and publicly broadcast.”
Pido que la revisión de las actas con inconsistencia que hará el CNE sea televisado y transmitido públicamente.
Que también haya presencia de la sociedad civil, las iglesias, los medios de comunicación y organismos internacionales.
Que los delegados de los tres partidos…
— Papi a la Orden (@titoasfura) December 13, 2025
Text reads: “I ask that the revision of the minutes with inconsistency that will make the National Electoral Council be televised and broadcast publicly. Civil society, churches, media and international agencies should also be present. (…) Honduras. Here I am calm and serene, as a former president used to say. GOD BLESS HONDURAS.”
Asfura’s demand aims to eliminate any lingering doubts regarding the final results, seeking to ensure maximum transparency in the critical electoral audit.
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