New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- A day after Honduran electoral authorities stopped reporting updates to the presidential vote count because of "technical problems," candidate Salvador Nasralla of the conservative Liberal party had a slight edge Tuesday over Nasry Asfura, the National Party candidate endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

With votes from about 62% of polling places counted, Nasralla had 39.94% to Asfura's 39.83%. Only about 2,000 votes separate the two conservative candidates. Rixi Moncada of the governing democratic socialist LIBRE or Liberty and Refoundation Party, trailed with 19.17% of the vote.

The website Honduran electoral authorities set up to share vote tallies experienced "technical problems" that caused it to crash and...