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Presidential election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 128 seats in the National Congress 65 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Honduras on 30 November 2025. [1] Voters elected the President, all 128 members of the National Congress, and 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN).
The President of Honduras is elected by a simple plurality in a single round of voting; the candidate with the most votes wins, regardless of whether they achieve an absolute majority. [2] The 128 members of the National Congress are elected by open list proportional representation across 18 multi-member constituencies, which correspond to the country's departments. The number of seats per constituency ranges from one to 23. [3] Seats are allocated using the Hare quota method. [3]
Primary elections to select presidential, congressional, and mayoral candidates for the three major parties—LIBRE, the National Party, and the Liberal Party—were held on 9 March 2025. Eleven smaller parties selected their candidates through internal processes. A total of ten candidates contested the presidential primaries. The voting process was marred by logistical delays in the delivery of electoral materials, leading to late openings at some polling stations and triggering minor protests. [4]
Salvador Nasralla, having unsucessfully run in 2013 and 2017, decided to join the Liberal party for a third presidential run after conflict with Libre following the 2022 Honduran political crisis and his resignation as First Vice President of Honduras on 30 April 2024.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Salvador Nasralla | 381,062 | 58.02 |
| Jorge Cálix | 207,968 | 31.67 |
| Luis Zelaya | 34,329 | 5.23 |
| Maribel Espinoza | 33,382 | 5.08 |
| Total | 656,741 | 100.00 |
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Rixi Moncada | 674,215 | 92.64 |
| Rasel Tomé | 53,568 | 7.36 |
| Total | 727,783 | 100.00 |
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Nasry Asfura | 625,893 | 75.84 |
| Ana García Carías | 175,900 | 21.31 |
| Jorge Alberto Zelaya | 15,816 | 1.92 |
| Roberto Martínez Lozano | 7,654 | 0.93 |
| Total | 825,263 | 100.00 |
The race features five main contenders representing a broad political spectrum, from the left-wing populism of LIBRE to the right-wing conservatism of the National Party.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty and Refoundation (LIBRE) | Innovation and Unity Party (PINU-SD) | Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) | Christian Democratic Party (PDCH) | National Party of Honduras (PNH) |
| Left | Center-left | Center | Center-right | Right |
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| Rixi Moncada Godoy | Nelson Ávila Gutiérrez | Salvador Nasralla Salum | Mario Rivera Callejas | Nasry Asfura Zablah |
| Teacher and lawyer | Economist | TV host and civil engineer | Publicist and businessman | Businessman |
| Previous positions: Minister of Defense (2024–2025) Minister of Finance (2022–2024) Electoral Councilor CNE(2019–2022) Manager of the ENEE (2008–2009) Minister of Labor and Social Security (2006–2008) | Previous positions: Presidential advisor (2006–2009) Presidential pre-candidate M5J-LIBRE (2021 and 2017) | Previous positions: Presidential designate of LIBRE (2022–2024) Presidential candidate of Alliance of the Opposition (2017) Presidential candidate of the PAC (2013) | Previous positions: Owner and host of Q'Hubo TV Councilman of the Central District for the PNH (2006–2010) | Previous positions: Presidential candidate (2021) Mayor of Tegucigalpa (2014–2022) Deputy (2010–2014). Director FHIS (2010–2011) Councilman of Tegucigalpa (2006–2010). Various positions in Tegucigalpa City Hall (1990–2002) |
| Ideology: Left-wing populism, Socialism of the 21st century | Ideology: Social democracy, Progressivism, Reformism, Secularism | Ideology: Liberalism | Ideology: Christian democracy, Christian humanism, Conservatism, Pro-U.S. [5] | Ideology: Conservatism, Nationalism, Neoliberalism |
| for presidential designates | for presidential designates | for presidential designates | for presidential designates | for presidential designates |
| 1. Eduardo Enrique Reina García 2. Angélica Lizeth Álvarez Morales 3. José Armando Orellana Romero | 1. Iris Elizabeth Vigil Zelaya 2. Miguel Antonio Aragón Carrasco 3. Ana Lucía Galdámez Castellanos | 1. Jaqueline Raudales Hernández 2. Marco Tulio Medina Hernández 3. Vera Sofía Rubí Ávila | 1. Gracia María Zelaya Macay 2. Juan Carlos López Orellana 3. Olga Lizeth Espinoza Pinoth | 1. María Antonieta Mejía Sánchez 2. Carlos Alfredo Flores Guifarro 3. Diana Baleska Herrera Portillo |
| Reference: CNE-RESOLUTION 75-2025 OF ACT 32-2025 | Reference: CNE-RESOLUTION 71-2025 OF ACT 32-2025 | Reference: CNE-RESOLUTION 73-2025 OF ACT 32-2025 | Reference: CNE-RESOLUTION 72-2025 OF ACT 32-2025 | Reference: CNE-RESOLUTION 74-2025 OF ACT 32-2025 |
Rixi Moncada, who is supported by outgoing president Xiomara Castro, called the election a choice between a "coup-plotting oligarchy", referring to the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, and democratic socialism. She also pledged to protect "natural wealth" from "21st-century filibusters who want to privatise everything" and combat corruption. Nasry Asfura pledged to bring "development and opportunities for everyone", to "facilitate foreign and domestic investment into the country" and "generate employment for all". Salvador Nasralla pledged to create an "open economy" and sever relations with Cuba and Venezuela. [6] [7] [ citation needed ]
The campaign period was notably violent. A leading independent body monitoring violence in Honduras has recorded six politically motivated homicides, four of which targeted Libre candidates. In November, a 5-year-old boy was killed when masked gunmen opened fire on a Libre campaign event. [8]
Polls on election day showed Salvador Nasralla leading. [9]
In late October 2025, audio recordings were released that allegedly featured conversations between members of the opposition—including a National Electoral Council (CNE) representative, Cossette López, Congressman Tomás Zambrano, and a military officer—discussing plans to "manipulate the popular vote." Zambrano, a leader of the National Party, dismissed the recordings as "completely false, fabricated... manipulated (with) artificial intelligence." In response, President Castro called for an official investigation, denouncing what she termed an "electoral coup." [10]
The campaign had also been influenced by external actors. It had been widely reported that U.S. President Donald Trump was attempting to sway the election in favor of Nasry Asfura, whom he has publicly endorsed. Trump has reportedly warned that U.S. financial aid to Honduras could be suspended if his preferred candidate does not win. [11] He also called Salvador Nasralla a "borderline communist". [12] In a move seen as bolstering the National Party, he has also promised to pardon former President Juan Orlando Hernández—a party member currently serving a 45-year prison sentence in the United States for drug trafficking. [13] Hernández was released from prison on 2 December 2025. [14]
On 2 December, Cossette López, a member of the CNE from the National Party, accused a colleague, Marlon Ochoa from LIBRE, of seeking to delay a news conference marking the resumption of the publication of the election results through "intimidation" by sending his staff and LIBRE members to the conference venue. Ochoa had previously filed a complaint against López over her alleged audio recording in October. [15]
On 10 December, the head of the Armed Forces of Honduras, Roosevelt Hernandez, said the military would recognize the election results and guarantee that it would be honored. The head of the CNE, Ana Paola Hall, asked for soldiers to be deployed outside buildings where ballots are being stored. [16]
On 2 December 2025, as preliminary results showed Nasry Asfura to be in a statistical tie with Salvador Nasralla, in which Asfura was leading by only 515 votes, [17] Trump alleged the election was fraudulent. [18] As a result of the tie, which emerged following a partial digital count, the CNE began a manual count that same day. [19] Later that afternoon, Salvador Nasralla had taken a slim lead, holding an edge of roughly 2,000 votes. Counting was also marred by the official website used by the CNE to display voting tallies crashing due to "technical problems" beginning the previous day. [20] The reporting of results was paused, then paused again the next day. [21] Rixi Moncada also criticized the vote transmission system as flawed and lacking transparency, while calling Trump's comments "a direct intervention that affects the interests of the Honduran people". [22] On 4 December, Asfura regained a narrow lead over Nasralla. [23] Nasralla claimed fraud, [24] and added that Trump's last-minute endorsement of Asfura cost him votes. [25]
On 7 December, Rixi Moncada said LIBRE did not recognize the election result, describing the process as an "ongoing electoral coup" and citing interference by Trump and the "allied oligarchy". [26] The CNE said around 14% of the tally sheets produced inconsistencies and required a review. [27] At a rally on 9 December, president Castro said the process was marked by "threats, coercion, manipulation" of the preliminary results as well as "tampering with the popular will", while also criticizing Trump's interference in the election. [28]
Following LIBRE's refusal to recognize the results, outgoing First Gentleman, LIBRE Party leader, and former President Manuel Zelaya called for street mobilizations in support of the ruling party's candidate. [29] During these mobilizations, on 15 December, Tomás Zambrano, head of the National Party's parliamentary bloc, accused Zelaya of clinging to power, claiming he "has been the power behind the throne during these four years of the LIBRE government." He denounced what he called a "self-coup" and alleged that Zelaya was calling "his violent armed groups into the streets to prevent the special recount and thus avoid a declaration of victory." [30] Amid the protests, the CNE declared that there were acts that prevented the correct counting of the votes, while the Organization of American States (OAS) said that there was not "any evidence that would cast doubt on the results". [31]
On 16 December, President Castro, citing intelligence sources, declared that her predecessor, Juan Orlando Hernández was planning his return to Honduras, in what she described as "an attack aimed at breaking the constitutional and democratic order." She called for social movements to "defend the popular mandate, reject any coup attempt, and make it clear to the world that a new coup is being planned here." Hernández, for his part, denied any plans to return to the country. [32]
More than 4,000 local and international election observers monitored the election. [33]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasry Asfura | National Party | 1,305,033 | 40.54 | |
| Salvador Nasralla | Liberal Party | 1,261,849 | 39.20 | |
| Rixi Moncada | Liberty and Refoundation | 621,188 | 19.30 | |
| Nelson Ávila | Innovation and Unity Party | 25,512 | 0.79 | |
| Mario Rivera | Christian Democratic Party | 5,537 | 0.17 | |
| Total | 3,219,119 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 3,219,119 | 94.47 | ||
| Invalid votes | 120,250 | 3.53 | ||
| Blank votes | 68,343 | 2.01 | ||
| Total votes | 3,407,712 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,522,577 | 52.24 | ||
| Source: La Prensa | ||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| National Party | 7,138,761 | 35.29 | 49 | +5 | |
| Liberal Party | 6,988,261 | 34.55 | 41 | +19 | |
| Liberty and Refoundation | 4,912,816 | 24.29 | 35 | –15 | |
| Innovation and Unity Party | 634,168 | 3.14 | 2 | +2 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 552,739 | 2.73 | 1 | – | |
| Total | 20,226,745 | 100.00 | 128 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,522,577 | – | |||
| Source: CNE | |||||
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| Party | Seats | |
| Liberal Party | 8 | |
| National Party | 8 | |
| Liberty and Refoundation | 4 | |
| Total | 20 | |
| Source: CNE | ||
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