Protesters have barricaded streets and clashed with police in Honduras following a presidential election that has produced no clear results after four days.

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Supporters of Salvador Nasralla are affected by tear gas during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa Orlando Sierra/AFP

Both President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his rival Salvador Nasralla, a television game show host allied with leftists, claimed victory after the election. Hernandez has emerged with a slim lead following a reported computer glitch that shut down vote counting for several hours. Nasralla, who has watched an initial five-point lead diminish, alleges fraud and says he won't respect the official results.

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Salvador Nasralla celebrates with supporters on 27 November while waiting for official presidential election results outside the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Tegucigalpa Edgard Garrido/Reuters
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Honduras President and National Party candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez celebrates with supporters on 26 November as he cited exit polls to declare himself winner in the election in Tegucigalpa Edgard Garrido/Reuters

Opposition supporters protested through the night outside the electoral court's facilities in Tegucigalpa, setting up some highway roadblocks and lighting fires in the streets. Police responded with tear gas as calls to maintain calm were increasingly unheeded.

Other protesters from the country's interior gathered on the capital's outskirts, preparing to march in protest. Riot police equipped with batons and tear gas closed two central boulevards. Vehicles with water cannons for crowd control were visible. Many schools and universities in the capital announced they would be closed through the weekend to keep students out of harm's way.

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Supporters of Salvador Nasralla set a barricade alight during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa Orlando Sierra/AFP
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A human rights observer overcome by tear gas argues with military police outside the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Jorge Cabrera/Reuters
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Supporters of Salvador Nasralla set a barricade alight during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa Orlando Sierra/AFP
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A supporter of Salvador Nasralla throws an image of President Juan Orlando Hernandez into a fire in Tegucigalpa Edgard Garrido/Reuters
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Supporters of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez hold up four fingers as they celebrate in Tegucigalpa Rodrigo Arangua/AFP
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A supporter of Salvador Nasralla holds a megaphone during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa Orlando Sierra/AFP

Nasralla took to Twitter to ask his supporters to continue to protest peacefully and not be provoked into violence.

International concern is mounting over a growing political crisis in the Central American nation, whose other challenges include poverty, drug gangs and one of the world's highest murder rates. Honduras had a military-backed coup in 2009.

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