Honduras General Election 2017

[EnglishPete]

Honduras goes to the polls on November 26th for Presidential and Congressional Elections. The Presidential Election is single round winner takes all.

President Juan Orlando Hernández of the Partido Nacional is running for a second term.

Salvador Nasralla is the candidate of the Partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre) and of the Partido Innovación y Unidad Social Demócrata (PINU-SD). Libre was formed in 2011 by supporters of the Liberal Party turned leftist  President Manuel Zelaya who had been ousted from power two years earlier in 2009. The two parties are running an electoral pact called Alianza de Oposicion Contra la Dictadura.

Nasralla was previously the Presidential candidate of the Anti-Corruption Party in 2014 when he finished in fourth place. He is also a major TV personality and producer, a former Pepsi Honduras CEO, a former Engineering professor and a former journalist.  He is presently polling in second place.

The other major party candidate is Luis Orlando Zelaya of the Partido Libera.

Full candidate list here

www.tse.hn/nominas2017/

Latest poll from Cid Gallup from September



criterio.hn/2017/09/21/partido-liberal-libre-descalifican-encuesta-cid-gallup/

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Apparently both Nasralla and JOH have declared victory. Oops.

[Leading Political Consultant Ma Anand Sheela]

Apparently both Nasralla and JOH have declared victory. Oops.

Did anyone not see that coming?

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Preliminary results are looking good for Nasralla. There was a massive delay (we should have already known who won by now) and lots of people (in the opposition) have been accusing the TSE of cooking the books.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

57% of the vote is in, Nasralla leads JOH 45-40.

[FrancoAgo]

Why they are so slow to count? , still 57%

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Something like 67% of the vote is now in, 44-41 Nasrslls, TSE says all the votes will be counted by noon Thursday. Nasralla supporters are crying fraud.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Remaining votes are apparently from pro-Nasralla areas, so most observers (except the Nationalists ofc) are projecting a Nasralla victory.

[FredLindq]

72.92% of votes counted
43,0 vs 41,5.

The margin gets thinner...

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

80% of the vote is in, Nasralla's lead is down to under 4000 votes.

[catmando]

Results have now flipped. With 82.89% of the votes counted, Hernandez takes his first lead by roughly 3,000 votes -- Hernandez: 1,157,083; Nasralla 1,154,172.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Fraud? Fraud.

[Dr. MB]

Fraud? Fraud.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Fraud? Fraud.

[catmando]

Hernandez's lead expands to about 22,000 with 86.87% of the votes tabulated: Hernandez 1,215,631 (42.47%) to Nasralla 1,193,772 (41.7%).

[FrancoAgo]

Remaining votes are apparently from pro-Nasralla areas, so most observers (except the Nationalists ofc) are projecting a Nasralla victory.

what's the source of remaining votes are apparently from pro-Nasralla areas?

[warandwar]

Remaining votes are apparently from pro-Nasralla areas, so most observers (except the Nationalists ofc) are projecting a Nasralla victory.

what's the source of remaining votes are apparently from pro-Nasralla areas?

The source of a fair amount of these votes seems to be JOH' s rear end.

[catmando]

Update: With 92.62% of the vote counted, the incumbent leads by 45,000-plus votes. Hernandez 1,309,188 (42.92%) to Nasralla 1,263,757 (41.43%). Diff: 45,431.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Update: riots everywhere

[catmando]

Update: Vote count halted on Friday. Tribunal says it will hand count the remaining votes (roughly 6%).

[Dr. MB]

Update: Vote count halted on Friday. Tribunal says it will hand count the remaining votes (roughly 6%).

Is the Tribunal influenced by the president in any way?

[catmando]

Update: Vote count halted on Friday. Tribunal says it will hand count the remaining votes (roughly 6%).

Is the Tribunal influenced by the president in any way?

Hi MB, that is the contention of the opposition candidate, Nasralla and his supporters. Election observers are also fretting over the vote count, particuarly multiple delays. My opinion: It's so close, and there's enough suspicion about the delays and Hernandez's potential influence over the results, that it's headed for a recount.

[catmando]

Update: Opposition candidate Nasralla has called for new elections (presidential only) under the auspices of an international tribunal.

[Famous Mortimer]

What's Nasralla's position on gang violence?

[catmando]

Nasralla has called for peaceful protests. In another development, tribunal looking to expand recount beyond a handful of ballots that remain.