A conservative candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump narrowly leads a right-wing rival in Honduras's presidential election, according to partial results from the electoral commission released Monday (December 1, 2025).
Nasry Asfura, 67, had 40% of the votes and led Salvador Nasralla by just 0.2% points, with 56% of votes counted, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE).
Both candidates were more than 20% points ahead of Rixi Moncada, 60, of the ruling leftist Libre party, who was trailing heavily, signaling another Latin American nation poised to swing rightward.
The campaign was dominated by Mr. Trump's threat to cut aid if his favored candidate Asfura, who is nicknamed "grandad," were to lose.
The vote count from Sunday's (November 30, 2025) election has progressed slowly, and final results could take days.
