Centrist candidate Salvador Nasralla, 72, says the US president's remarks may have cost him votes.

The latest vote count has Trump's favoured right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura just 515 ballots ahead of his rival.

Intervention is latest by US president whose preferred candidate, Nasry Asfura, is locked in ‘technical tie’

US president backs right-wing presidential candidate Nasry Asfura; electoral council says vote a 'technical tie' so far.

Former vice-president Salvador Nasralla has a small lead over his rival, the conservative former mayor of Tegucigalpa, Nasry Asfura.

With 80 percent of votes counted, centrist candidate widens lead over his Trump-backed conservative rival.

Vote counting in the presidential election is going into its fourth day with the two top candidates neck and neck.

Centrist candidate Salvador Nasralla, 72, says the US president's remarks may have cost him votes.

TEGUCIGALPA: A right-wing Honduran presidential candidate backed by Donald Trump reclaimed a narrow lead over his rival Thursday on the fourth day of a plodding vote count. With…