Trump-backed candidate wins in knife-edge Honduran election2 hours agoShareSaveJamie WhiteheadBBC News ShareSaveReutersNasry Asfura promised not to let Hondurans downNasry Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras' razor-thin presidential election, after weeks of delays following technical problems and allegations of fraud. The conservative National Party candidate - backed by US President Donald Trump - won with 40.3 of the vote, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE), edging out Salvador Nasralla of the centre-right Liberal Party, who got 39.5. In a post on X, Asfura said: "Honduras: I am ready to govern. I will not let you down." Meanwhile, Nasralla said at a press conference: "I will not accept a result built on omissions." But he also urged his supporters to remain calm.EPAShutterstockSalvador Nasralla (centre) told his supporters: "I am not asking you to take to the streets because that does not have any positive result"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged all parties to respect the result "so that Honduran authorities may ensure a peaceful transition of authority". But the president of the country's Congress, Luis Redondo, posted saying the result was "completely illegal".The vote was held on 30 November but the count was delayed twice by technical outages, which electoral officials called "inexcusable".The president of the CNE, Ana Paola Hall, blamed the private company tasked with tabulating the results for the delay.She said the firm had carried