President Juan Orlando Hernandez

Honduran electoral authorities concluded a recount early Monday, more than a week after a bitterly-contested presidential election, with President Juan Orlando Hernandez in the lead but without officially declaring him the winner.

"We have now finished this recount," said Supreme Electoral Tribunal president David Matamoros, announcing that Hernandez had 42.98 percent of the vote over opposition leader Salvador Nasralla's 41.39 percent.