The latest election news indicates that a winner will be obvious, but not declared when the TSE finishes the manual recount today, probably around noon local time.

Last night at the 8 pm report, Oscar Arias took a commanding - for this race - lead of 10 275 votes with 95.93 per cent of the polling stations scrutinized.

TSE Chief magistrate Antonio Sobrado re-iterated that 507 appeals remain to be resolved, which could possibly affect the outcome. In addition, party representatives at the count have 3 days to file appeals, which given Monday’s and Tuesday’s results are likely to occur. Once the process is complete the TSE will officially announce a winner.