Salvador Nasralla of the centrist Liberal Party took a razor-thin lead in Honduras presidential election over Nasry Asfura the conservative candidate backed by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a vote count plagued by delays and system failures The latest results released by the electoral authority around 230 pm local time showed Nasralla on 3996 and Asfura of the National Party on 3980 with just over 60 of votes counted Rixi Moncada of the ruling leftist LIBRE Party was well behind in third place with 1919 Asfura had previously been leading by around 500 votes when results were last released on Monday Earlier on Tuesday Honduras electoral authority pleaded for calm as it scrambled to overcome a system failure that left about 20 of votes in the presidential election uncounted as Trump hurled allegations of possible fraud and swore there will be hell to pay if results are altered On Monday the electoral body said Asfura and Nasralla were in a technical tie with each holding just under 40 of the vote and that votes would have to be counted by hand
