New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Honduras electoral officials on Thursday launched a special count of the final set of votes in the country's November presidential election, after three weeks of uncertainty, swirling accusations and pressure from the Trump administration to wrap up the results.

The special count includes 2,792 ballot boxes from the Nov. 30 election. It's unclear how long it will take.

So far, electoral authorities had counted 99.80% of the ballots, but the election is marked by razor thin margins and accusations of a number of regularities, which have prompted the special count.

Ana Paola Hall, president of the National Electoral Council, said the count was being carried out in the "presence of national and international observer...