Honduras President and National Party candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez addresses the media at the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
DW: Honduras: President Juan Orlando Hernandez declared election winner
The electoral court in Honduras has declared incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez as the winner of last month's election. The opposition has claimed electoral fraud.
Incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez won last month's contested election by 1.53 percentage points over center-left opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla, Honduras' electoral court said Sunday.
"This means the president elect for the Republic of Honduras for the next four years is Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado," said David Matamoros, the head of the electoral court, in a televised address.
Nasralla and his opposition alliance have claimed the November 26 presidential vote was marked by fraud and irregularities.
Nasralla and his ally, former President Manuel Zelaya, called for renewed protests.
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WNU Editor: The opposition believes the election result was fixed, and they are going to protest.
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