Conservative opposition candidate Porfirio Lobo has easily won Honduras' presidential election.
Mr Lobo had over 55% support with more than half the votes counted and his closest rival, Elvin Santos of the ruling Liberal Party, then conceded victory.
The electoral tribunal said voter turnout was 61%, which was more than the previous election in 2005.
The election could calm a five-month crisis that was sparked when the Honduran army overthrew President Manuel Zelaya in June and flew him into exile.
As the partial election results were announced after long delays that officials put down to technical problems, hundreds of supporters of Mr Lobo's National Party waved flags and danced in a victory celebration at a hotel in the capital.
Mr Lobo, 61, is seen as more able than Mr Santos to lead Honduras out of political gridlock and diplomatic isolation.
'Today Honduras has decided its own future to end once and for all the crisis that has affected us and damaged the most needy,' he said in a victory speech.
But Mr Zelaya said the election was illegitimate and that the election winner would not be a true president.
'He is going to be a very weak leader without recognition from the people and most countries,' Mr Zelaya said.
Neither Mr Zelaya nor his rival Roberto Micheletti, installed as interim president by Congress after Mr Zelaya's overthrow, took part in the race.
Mr Lobo has vowed to end Honduras' isolation from countries such as Argentina and Brazil and international organisations such as the Organisation of American States (OAS), which has frozen Honduras out in retaliation for the coup.
