Opposition leader wins election in Honduras: Poll
Honduran opposition Liberal Party leader Manuel Zelaya won Sunday's presidential election with 50.6 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll published by local media.

Zelaya's supporters have begun to celebrate the victory at the campaign headquarters after hearing the result of the exit poll of 120,000 voters.

Porfirio Lobo, candidate of the governing National Party, got 44.3 percent of the vote, as the poll showed.

About 3.9 million Honduran voters cast their ballots at 5,312 polling stations throughout the country from 6 a.m. local time (1200 GMT) to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The election was held without any major incidents, according toboth local and international observers, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) said on Sunday.

It was the seventh general election in Honduras since the country ended a two-decade-long military rule in 1980.

The final result is expected to be announced between 8 p.m. and9 p.m. local time (0200 and 0300 GMT) on Monday. The elected president will replace Ricardo Maduro on Jan. 27, 2006, to lead the Latin American country with a population of 7 million.