SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A former Marxist guerrilla leader held a narrow lead in El Salvador's presidential election, final results showed on Thursday, but officials held back from declaring him the winner as his right-wing rival wants the vote annulled.
Salvador Sanchez Ceren of the ruling Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), which as a militant group fought a string of U.S.-backed governments in the 1980-92 civil war, won 50.11 percent support in Sunday's vote, results showed.
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