Dec 4 (Reuters) – A new swing in the contested Honduran presidential election gave conservative candidate Nasry Asfura a slight lead over centrist Salvador Nasralla, with 84.4% of the votes counted.
On Thursday morning the National Party’s Asfura held 40.05%, about 8,000 votes ahead of Liberal Party’s Nasralla, who had 39.75%. Rixi Moncada of the ruling leftist LIBRE Party remained well behind in third place.
(Reporting by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez; Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)
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