Honduras General Election 2017

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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.

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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%).

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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Update: 99.98% of ballots counted: Hernandez 1,411,196 (42.98%) vs. Nasralla 1,359,341 (41.38%). Diff: 51,855.

Update2: TSE (election tribunal) peforms partial recount, says wider recount possible ... no winner declared ... OAS chief calls for full recount.

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The latest: TSE (electoral commission) announced it will recount all disputed ballots.

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Update: Election tribunal (TSE) says partial recount of disputed ballots (roughly one-quarter of all votes) produced no change: incumbent Hernandez remains in lead by about 1.6%. No winner declared yet. TSE has until Dec. 26 to declare.

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The Honduras electoral tribunal (TSE) declared Sunday, Dec. 17, that incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been re-elected. No word yet from opposition candidate, Salvador Nasralla, but he had said previously he wouldn't recognize the tribunal's official result.