Xiomara Castro is officially declared the first elected president in Honduras

The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Honduras officially declared this Monday to the leftist Xiomara Castro as president-elect for the period 2022-2026, after the elections held on November 28.

“The plenary session of the National Electoral Council declares elected What Chairwoman (…) from Honduras for the period of four years, which begins on January 27, 2022 and ends on January 27, 2026, to the citizen Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento ”, The president of the CNE, Kelvin Aguirre, announced on radio and television.

Aguirre explained that the candidate of the leftist party Libertad y Refundación (Libre) reached 1,716,793 valid votes, enough to become the first woman elected. Chairwoman of this Central American country.

According to the Council page, Castro accumulated 51.12% of the votes against 36.93% of the votes of the main contender, the candidate of the ruling and right-wing National Party (PN), Nasry Asfura.

3,580,527 citizens participated in the elections, 68.58% of the electorate.

Two days after the elections, Asfura visited his home Castro, by acknowledging her defeat and congratulating her on her victory.

The president elected was also congratulated through a phone call by the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.

The Undersecretary of State for Civil Security, Democracy and Human Rights of the United States, Urza Zeya, arrived on December 12 to offer Washington’s support to the future president.

CastroThe 62-year-old wife of Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in 2009, signed up for Libre but was backed by two other parties and an independent candidacy.

The Chairwoman elected He will take over in replacement of Juan Orlando Hernández (from the PN), in a ceremony that will take place on January 27 at the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa.

In the elections, three appointed to the presidency (vice presidents) were chosen, 128 deputies of the National Congress with their alternates, 20 deputies of the Central American Parliament with their alternates, and 298 municipal corporations.

The CNE postponed the official declaration of the deputies of the National Congress and mayors for not having finished the scrutiny at these two levels.

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