Honduras Vote in Limbo: No President-Elect 48 Hours After Election as TREP Freezes

Two days after Honduras' Nov. 30 general election, authorities have not declared a president-elect as the vote count remains unresolved and the public results platform is frozen.

The National Electoral Council says 57.03% of tally sheets have been processed and the two leading candidates — Nasry "Tito" Asfura and Salvador Nasralla — are separated by just 515 votes, effectively producing a virtual tie and raising the stakes for the remaining count.

On Monday afternoon the Preliminary Electoral Results Transmission (TREP) system went offline, leaving transmitted figures static on the public display. The Electoral Council said it moved the process into contingency mode: results already transmitted will remain visible as a fixed public reference while the remaining tally sheets are processed using backup procedures and a special review is prepared to resolve any discrepancies.

ADS Group, the company that operates the TREP infrastructure, reported two attempts to compromise the system, linking the disruption to an unusual surge in requests and atypical traffic patterns that disrupted service stability and caused an outage.

Electoral Council President Ana Paola Hall appealed for calm and patience as contingency counts and a targeted review proceed. She said transparency and respect for the popular will are priorities in this tight contest and called on the public to preserve peace while the process concludes.

Electoral Council President Ana Paola Hall: 'We must remain calm, be patient. The peace with which the process unfolded must be maintained until it ends.'

Former U.S. President Donald Trump warned on his social media account that there would be consequences if Honduran authorities 'alter' the results, writing, 'Honduras is trying to change the results. There will be hell to pay!'.

Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla declared himself the 'projected winner' and said he expects outstanding tallies from his strongholds to reverse the early trend. 'We are going to end up beating the National Party by 120,000 votes,' he said, expressing confidence that the remaining ballots will produce a comfortable margin.

National Party candidate Nasry 'Tito' Asfura, who holds the narrow early lead and was publicly endorsed by Trump, urged voters to await official results. He said his internal tallies still show him ahead and called on electoral authorities to act with transparency and efficiency.

Third-place candidate Rixi Moncada of the Libre Party rejected the preliminary figures and said she will not accept any outcome until 100% of tally sheets are counted, a stance supported by former presidents Manuel Zelaya and Xiomara Castro. That position signals the potential for post-count disputes if the final result does not favor the ruling party.

With the count paused and a special verification phase ahead, attention turns to how contingency protocols will be executed and whether the review will resolve discrepancies without sparking unrest. Authorities continue to emphasize the need for transparency and law-based procedures before any official declaration of a winner.