1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Contested Elections in Honduras Peter J. Meyer Specialist in Latin American Affairs Updated December 19, 2017 Honduras has descended into political crisis in the aftermath of disputed elections held on November 26, 2017. O
2、n election night, with 57% of the vote counted, Salvador Nasralla, a television personality and sports commentator backed by the left-leaning Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, held a five-point lead over incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernndez of the conservative National Party (PN). H
3、ernndez edged ahead of Nasralla several days later, however, after the countrys Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) belatedly processed the outstanding votes. The Opposition Alliance and the center-right Liberal Party (PL) denounced the TSEs delays and lack of transparency, and alleged that the results
4、 of the presidential raceas well as legislative and municipal electionshad been manipulated. Independent analysts contend that the dramatic swing in the late vote toward Hernndez was statistically improbable. The TSE agreed to conduct a partial recount of voting center tallies, which produced few ch
