A limited review undermines trust as presidential candidates allege fraud in Nov. 30 election.
On Sunday, Marlon Ochoa, a member of the Honduran National Electoral Council (CNE), rejected a new attempt to avoid transparency in the results of the general elections held Nov. 30.
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During a CNE plenary session, Ochoa denounced “scandalous inconsistencies” recorded during the election and proposed counting all presidential votes cast at the 19,167 polling stations nationwide.
His proposal, however, was not accepted by the other two CNE members, Ana Paola Hall and Cossette Lopez, who decided to carry out a special review of only 1,081 tally sheets. Their decision limits the review of inconsistencies to just 5.6% of the total number of tally sheets.
“If the council is not willing to verify everything, then it is not in a position to ask the people to blindly trust the result,” Ochoa said, addding that reviewing only those 1,081 tally sheets is insufficient given the thousands of irregularities detected in the results transmission system.
He pointed out that 17,036 tally sheets show some type of inconsistency. Of that total, 14,073 tally sheets show serious discrepancies when compared with data produced by the biometric identification system, raising doubts about the identity of registered voters or the validity of the votes cast.
Congreso Nacional de #Honduras le da clase de dignidad a #Argentina y otros países de LATAM y declara que las #EleccionesHonduras2025 fueron un fraude organizado por redes criminales ligadas al narcotráfico apoyado por Donald Trump y que no las validará. Escuche audio👇 pic.twitter.com/zwqtffAsWr
— Hugo Gutiérrez (@Hugo_Gutierrez_) December 11, 2025
The text reads, “The Honduran Congress is giving a lesson in dignity to Argentina and other Latin American countries by declaring that it will not validate the 2025 elections, which were a fraud organized by criminal networks linked to drug trafficking and supported by Donald Trump.”
Another 1,882 tally sheets contain procedural and substantive errors that cannot be ignored. These include missing required signatures on the documents, clear mathematical errors in vote totals, and signs of disorder or manipulation, such as the delivery of tally sheets to the relevant authorities outside the required time frames and procedures.
Under current regulations, the electoral council has until Dec. 30 to officially declare the winner of Honduras’ presidential election. According to the most recent preliminary vote count, Nasry Asfura, the candidate of the right-wing National Party, has 40.53% of the vote.
Salvador Nasralla of the conservative Liberal Party has 39.1%, and Rixi Moncada of the Liberty and Refoundation Party has 19.30%. Both Moncada and Nasralla have alleged fraud, citing multiple irregularities, and have demanded that the electoral council conduct a thorough and accurate recount.
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