Salvador Nasralla a candidate in the Honduran presidential elections has told Reuters that the polls were affected by President Trump's endorsement of conservative candidate Nasry Asfura, and technical disruptions.
Partial results released on Thursday showed Nasralla with 39.38% of the vote versus Asfura’s 40.27%, with about 87% of ballots counted.
However, the electoral authority said roughly 17% of ballots contain inconsistencies and will be reviewed, leaving the outcome unsettled.
Nasralla, a three-time contender who describes himself as centre-right, said that Trump’s post had flipped the race.
"Nasralla is not a reliable partner for Freedom, and cannot be trusted. I hope the people of Honduras vote for Freedom and Democracy, and elect Tito Asfura, President!" President Trump wrote on the social network X on 28 November, 2025.
Candidate Nasralla expressed hurt after the vote shift as he was "winning by a much larger margin,".
He rejected Trump’s description of him as a "borderline communist."
Nasralla also condemned Trump’s decision to pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year sentence in U.S. for drug trafficking.
Hernández’s National Party, now backing Asfura, maintained close ties to Washington during his presidency.
Fraud allegations
Candidate Nasralla expressed suspicions of fraud and technical errors during the campaign.
He said in a post on X on Thursday that the results screen suddenly went blank at 3:24 a.m., and when it returned, the lead had shifted to Asfura after Nasralla had been ahead since Tuesday.
"That suggests some algorithm changed that shouldn't have," Nasralla said, while admitting he has no evidence.
On the contrary, President Trump alleged possible fraud in the initial vote tally that showed Nasralla leading.
Writing on Truth Social on Tuesday (2 December), he, without offering evidence, accused Honduras of "trying to change the results."
"If they do, there will be hell to pay," the U.S. president warned, "the people of Honduras voted in overwhelming numbers on November 30th."
However, the Organization of American States has not identified manipulation, and analysts said delays appear rooted in institutional weaknesses.
“They all had a hand in building a pretty weak and broken electoral system,” said Eric Olson of the Seattle International Foundation. “This process is not great, but it happens all the time in the case of Honduras.”
In a press conference on Thursday, the National Electoral Council of Colombia defended the process and said voting records considered inconsistent were not part of the formal count and would be reviewed.
Honduras faced similar disputes in its 2017 presidential vote, when irregularities sparked widespread accusations of manipulated tallies.
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s second largest city in the early hours of Saturday (7 March) killed 10 people, inc...
U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iran to expect further strikes on Saturday (7 March). In a post on social media, he said Iran would be ...
Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport came under attack in heavy airstrikes on early Saturday morning (7 March), Iranian ne...
Baku has completed its evacuation of staff from the Azerbaijan Consulate General in Tabriz, while most employees from...
The Azerbaijani State Security Service has said it has stopped Iran committing terror attacks against four targets in...
Nasry Asfura, the conservative candidate for Honduran president backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, was declared the winner on Wednesday more than three weeks after the 30 November election.
A delayed local vote in the rural Honduran town of San Antonio de Flores has become a pivotal moment in the country’s tightest presidential contest, with both campaigns watching its results as counting stretches into a second week.
Salvador Nasralla of Honduras’ centrist Liberal Party has taken a razor-thin lead over conservative rival Nasry Asfura, the candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, in a presidential election marred by delays and allegations of fraud.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year prison sentence in the United States for helping drug traffickers smuggle more than 400 tons of cocaine into the country, was released on Tuesday after being pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Officials in Azerbaijan have said they have stopped terror attacks in Azerbaijan including on an Israeli Embassy, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and a Synagogue. Tensions between regional and global powers escalate. Military activity, security alerts and travel disruptions continue.
U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iran to expect further strikes on Saturday (7 March). In a post on social media, he said Iran would be 'hit very hard' on Saturday. His comments come a week into the conflict with Iran, which has spread across the Middle East.
Lebanon's Hezbollah warned Israeli residents to evacuate towns within 5 km (3.11 miles) of the border between the countries in a message posted on its Telegram channel in Hebrew early on Friday.
The Israeli military says it has destroyed an underground bunker beneath Iran’s leadership complex in Tehran that it claims was built for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 6th of February, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s second largest city in the early hours of Saturday (7 March) killed 10 people, including two children. Kharkiv mayor, Ihor Terekov, said 10 residents died after a Russian ballistic missile hit a five storey apartment block in the city.
A 35-year-old former rapper is on track to become Nepal’s next prime minister. Early counting in the elections on Friday (7 March) showed Balendra Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was leading in around 100 seats, far ahead of rivals.
Newly released FBI records summarising interviews with an unidentified woman contain allegations that U.S. President Donald Trump attempted to force her to perform a sexual act when she was a teenager, according to documents published by the U.S. Justice Department.
Australia’s move to ban social media access for children under 16 has intensified a global debate, as governments around the world weigh tougher rules amid growing concerns over mental health, safety and screen addiction.
Indonesia will restrict access to social media platforms for children under 16, its communications and digital ministry said on Friday (6 March), becoming the latest country to introduce online guardrails aimed at reducing the risks of addiction and cyberbullying.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Leave the first comment