Honduras is holding its breath as the National Electoral Council finishes its slow vote count Presidential elections on Sunday 30. According to official data issued in the early hours of Thursday, after examining 99.8 percent of the meeting minutes, the conservative candidate won. Nasri Asfoura The National Party outperforms its competitor Salvador Nasrallah (Liberal Party) Written by Only 8034 votes. Three thousand minutes still need to be checked.
Thus, a bird is the favorite of the President of the United States Donald TrumpHe could become the next president of Honduras with 40.05% Of the votes, against 39.75% Nasrallah, by only 0.3 percentage points. Honduras’ electoral system reserves the office of president to whoever wins Simple majorityWithout requiring a minimum number of votes or differences. Whoever gets one vote more than the rest of the candidates will manage the country’s destinies.
While the leftist Rexy Moncadacandidate of the Libre Party, the president’s party Xiomara CastroIt came in third place by a large margin 19.16% Of the votes, just over half a million. In a record of 6.5 million citizens entitled to vote, only 2.8 million went to the polls on Sunday the 30th, with the participation of 43.5 of those registered.
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