Supporters of Norman Quijano, presidential candidate of the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance party (ARENA), march during a protest regarding alleged electoral fraud near the Supreme Electoral Court in San Salvador March 11, 2014. REUTERS/Henry Romero
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The runner-up in El Salvador's presidential election asked the electoral tribunal on Tuesday to annul the tight contest and threatened to go to the Supreme Court if necessary.
Norman Quijano of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (Arena) trailed Salvador Sanchez Ceren of the ruling leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front in Sunday's vote by 0.22 percentage points, or fewer than 7,000 votes.
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