TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility of the Central American nation’s fragile electoral system.

The election is continuing Latin America’s swing to the right, coming just a week after Chile chose the far-right politician José Antonio Kast as its next president.

Asfura, of the conservative National Party, received 40.27% of the vote in the Nov. 30 vote, edging out four-time candidate Salvador Nasralla of the conservative Liberal Party, who finished with 39.53% of the vote.

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(Recasts on electoral authority saying 20% votes not processed) TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 2 (Reuters) –

Honduras’ electoral authority pleaded for calm on Tuesday as it scrambled to overcome a system failure that left about 20% of votes in the presidential election uncounted, as U.S. President Donald Trump hurled allegations of possible fraud and swore “there will be hell to pay” if results are altered. No update to the vote tally has been given since around midday on Monday when the electoral body said the two presidential front runners, Nasry Asfura of the National Party and Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party, were in a “technical tie” with each holding just under 40% of the vote. Asfura was ahead by only 515 votes, it said. Rixi Moncada, of the ruling LIBRE Party, was well behind in third place with 19% of the vote.

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