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Honduras ruling party candidate concedes defeat

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-11-30 14:43

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Ruling party candidate Elvin Santos has conceded defeat to conservative rancher Porfirio Lobo in post-coup Honduran elections.

Santos says it is time for "unity, the only path to confront the future and ensure the victor of all Hondurans".

Preliminary official results showed Porfirio Lobo, of the opposition National Party, with 56 percent support with more than 60 percent of the tally sheets counted.

Perhaps more importantly, election officials said more than 60 percent of registered voters cast ballots Sunday - a victory for interim leaders who hoped a large turnout would bolster the vote's legitimacy in the eyes of the world.