Salvador Nasralla, candidate of the opposition alliance, and his campaign team handed over the paperwork with just minutes to spare before a midnight deadline Friday. The Honduran electoral court's original tally put President Juan Orlando Hernandez ahead by more than 52,000 votes or 1.6 percent. International observers had urged the opposition to challenge the election through existing channels. The boxes, more than a third of the total, held votes that were not transmitted to election officials on the night of the election. The electoral court has 30 days from the election to declare a winner, potentially placing an announcement square in the holiday season.

Source: ABC News December 09, 2017 06:33 UTC