Post electoral: presidential and legislative elections in Honduras

• Political Analisys

On Sunday, November 28, general elections were held in Honduras, where citizens chose the next president and 128 deputies of the National Congress for the period 2022-2026. As expected, the election was polarized between two candidates: Xiomara Castro for the Libertad y Refundación (Libre) party and Nasry Asfura for the ruling Partido Nacional. According to provisional results, Castro remains in the lead with 53.61% of the votes, versus Asfura’s 33.87%. According to the National Electoral Council (CNE, in Spanish), the elections reflected a “historic turnout”, at 68.09%, with both international observers and the Honduran electoral body described proceedings as ‘peaceful’.