Salvador Nasralla, of the centrist Liberal Party, on Tuesday took a razor-thin lead in Honduras' presidential election over Nasry Asfura, the conservative candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, in a vote count plagued by delays and allegations of fraud.

The latest results released by the electoral authority around 6 p.m. (0100 GMT Wednesday) showed Nasralla on 40.13% and Asfura of the National Party on 39.71%, with around 68% of votes counted. The front runners were separated by just 9,129 votes. Asfura had previously been leading by around 500 votes when earlier results were released on Monday. Rixi Moncada, of the ruling leftist LIBRE Party, was well behind in third place with 19.09%.

Earlier on Tuesday, Honduras' electoral authority pleaded for calm as it scrambled to overco

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