2025 Honduran general election
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30 November 2025
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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).
Electoral system
[edit]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
[edit]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]
Liberal Party primary
[edit]- Salvador Nasralla, Vice President (2022–2024)
- Supported by ¡Vamos Honduras! (Let's Go Honduras!)
- Jorge Cálix, congressional deputy
- Supported by Juntos Por El Cambio (Together for Change)
- Luis Zelaya
- Supported by Recuperar Honduras (Recover Honduras)
- Maribel Espinoza, congressional deputy
- Supported by Todos Por Honduras (All For Honduras)
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 | % |
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| 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 |
LIBRE primary
[edit]- Rixi Moncada, Secretary of National Defense and former Secretary of Finance (2022–2024)
- Supported by the Alianza Presidencial Rixi Moncada (Rixi Moncada Presidential Alliance)
- Rasel Tomé, congressional deputy
- Supported by the Movimiento Renovación Nuevas Alternativas (MORENA) (Renewal Movement New Alternatives)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Rixi Moncada | 674,215 | 92.64 |
| Rasel Tomé | 53,568 | 7.36 |
| Total | 727,783 | 100.00 |
National Party primary
[edit]- Nasry Asfura, former Mayor of the Central District (Tegucigalpa) (2014–2022)
- Supported by Papi a la Orden! (Daddy at your Service!)
- Ana García Carías, former First Lady of Honduras (2014–2022)
- Supported by Avanza Por la Justicia y la Unidad (AVANZA) (Advance for Justice and Unity)
- Jorge Alberto Zelaya, congressional deputy
- Supported by Renovación Unidad Nacionalista (RUN) (Nationalist Unity Renewal)
- Roberto Martínez Lozano
- Supported by Rescate y Transformación (Rescue and Transformation)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| 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 |
Presidential candidates
[edit]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 |
Campaign
[edit]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]
Opinion polling
[edit]Polls on election day showed Salvador Nasralla leading.[9]
Allegations of fraud and external interference
[edit]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]
U.S. President Donald Trump has made statements that potentially influenced the election.
- He endorsed National Party Nasry Asfura, and proposed that U.S. financial aid to Honduras could be 'suspended' if Asfura did not win the election and become President.[11]
- He labelled Liberal party candidate Salvador Nasralla a "borderline communist".[12]
- He has promised to pardon former President Juan Orlando Hernández of the National Party[13], who until 2 December 2025 was serving a 45-year prison sentence in the United States for drug trafficking[14].
On 2 December, Cossette López, a member of the CNE from the National Party, accused Marlon Ochoa (a figurehead of LIBRE) of seeking to delay a news conference marking the resumption of the publication of the election results through by sending his staff and LIBRE members to the conference venue, which López described as "intimidation". 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 they would be honoured. The head of the CNE, Ana Paola Hall, asked for soldiers to be deployed outside buildings where ballots are being stored.[16]
Reporting of results
[edit]On 2 December 2025, as preliminary results recorded by a partial digital count showed Nasry Asfura to be in a statistical tie with Salvador Nasralla with Asfura leading by only 515 votes,[17] U.S. president Donald Trump alleged the election was fraudulent.[18] The CNE began a manual count that same day.[19] Later that afternoon, Salvador Nasralla had taken a lead of roughly 2,000 votes.
Counting was marred by the CNE's official website crashing due to "technical problems" beginning the previous day.[20] The reporting of results was paused, resumed, 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 then alleged the election was fraudulent,[24] and that Trump's last-minute endorsement of rival candidate Asfura cost him votes he otherwise would have obtained.[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 stated that approximately 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", and criticised 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 Moncada, the ruling party's candidate.[29] During these disruptions, 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 protests 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 denied any plans to return to the country.[32]
Observers
[edit]More than 4,000 local and international election observers monitored the election.[33]
Results
[edit]President
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | ||||
National Congress
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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 | |||||
PARLACEN
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| Party | Seats | |
| Liberal Party | 8 | |
| National Party | 8 | |
| Liberty and Refoundation | 4 | |
| Total | 20 | |
| Source: CNE | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "2025 Honduras General Election". National Democratic Institute. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Elections: Honduras Presidential Nov 09". IFES Election Guide. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Elections: Honduras National Congress". IFES Election Guide. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ González, Marlon (9 March 2025). "Honduras holds primaries as voter frustration simmers over security and the economy". AP News.
- ^ The candidate proposes to turn the Republic of Honduras into an Associated State of the United States of America
- ^ "Hondurans vote in election shadowed by Trump aid threats". BBC. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ "Trump threats dominate as Hondurans vote for president". France 24. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ "Hondurans Fear Unrest Ahead of Election as Trump Endorses a Candidate". 28 November 2025.
- ^ "Honduras election: Polls open in vote shadowed by Trump aid threats". BBC. 1 December 2025. Archived from the original on 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Acusan a Cosette López y Tomás Zambrano de planear caos electoral". Reportar Sin Miedo (in Spanish). 30 October 2025.
- ^ "Honduras election: Polls open in vote shadowed by Trump aid threats". BBC. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Honduran presidential candidate says Trump interfered in election: Report". Al Jazeera. 5 December 2025.
- ^ Stepansky, Joseph. "Trump says will pardon former Honduras leader before presidential vote". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández released from US prison after Trump pardon". BBC. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduras election council member accuses colleague of 'intimidation'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduran military vows to ensure orderly post-election power transfer". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ "Right-wing rivals for Honduras presidency in 'technical tie'". France 24. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Trump claims ally is victim of fraud in stalled Honduras election". The Telegraph. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Trump cries foul over 'technical tie' in Honduras presidential race". Al Jazeera. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ Christopher Sherman (2 December 2025). "Conservative Salvador Nasralla leads Honduras presidential contest after pause in results reporting". Associated Press. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduran centrist holds narrow lead in presidential race marred by further delays". Reuters.
- ^ Zaheena Rasheed (4 December 2025). "Honduras's Nasralla holds narrow lead over Asfura in presidential vote". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ^ "Trump favorite reclaims narrow lead in Honduras presidential vote". France 24. 4 December 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduran centrist candidate calls foul on vote data after Trump-backed Asfura edges ahead". Reuters. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduras presidential candidate Nasralla says Trump's interference damaged his election chances". Reuters. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduras is still waiting for the final presidential election count, over a week after the vote". AP News. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduran election authorities resume vote tallies amid allegations of fraud". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduran leader alleges vote tampering, US interference". France 24. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ Franco, Juan David Mosos (13 December 2025). "El oficialista Partido Libre dice que no otorgará "legitimidad" al nuevo Gobierno de Honduras - EFE". EFE Noticias (in European Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ Franco, Juan David Mosos (15 December 2025). "El Partido Nacional de Honduras denuncia un "autogolpe" y acusa a Zelaya de bloquear el escrutinio de las elecciones - EFE". EFE Noticias (in European Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ Stepansky, Joseph. "Honduras election official says 'disturbances' preventing vote recount". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Xiomara Castro denuncia un golpe en Honduras y prevé el regreso del expresidente Hernández". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Vote count under way in Honduras to elect new president in a close race after Trump's intervention". AP News. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
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