TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- While several “exit” polls have already declared winners for some of the presidential candidates for the presidency of Honduras, the National Electoral Council (CNE) will not recognize this data and could provide it until Monday afternoon officially
The CNE computer center has already been installed, but the data is not yet entered into the system to know the official results of the 2021 primaries.
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Hondurans are on the expectation knowing who the winners are and the delay of the electoral body, which qualifies the process as successful, only adds to the inconvenience while waiting. 20 hours have passed since the polls closed and the CNE has not even shown a trend, as has been used in previous trials.
The counting of the ballot boxes began on Sunday at 6 p.m. and the return of the material began with the respective closing certificates, none of which have been entered into the official counting system.
OF IMPORTANT: The scanning of the minutes in the National Electoral Council has been stopped
During a press conference, the Chairman of the National Electoral Council, Ana Paola Hall, He confirmed that the results will be announced next Monday through bulletins broadcast on national television, although he has not specified the time.
“We are waiting for the return of the election trunks so that every act is scanned by means of a public transcript, ‘Hall explained in that appearance, but this Monday access to the counting room has been very limited.
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In anticipation of the official results, some pollsters have already made predictions of the winning candidates.
Nasry “Tito” Asfura of the National Party, Yani Rosenthal of the Liberal Party and Xiomara
Castro of the Free party headed the presidential-level duels in their respective political institutions, according to Marketing Total’s projection.
It’s worth noting that these results, released after exit polls, are unofficial. They also do not mark a trend, so we will have to wait for the data from the National Electoral Council (CNE).