Election officials ordered a full recount in three provinces on Thursday after preliminary results showed the top two candidates separated by fewer than eleven thousand votes nationwide.
Both campaigns have deployed legal teams to observe the recount, which is expected to take up to two weeks given the volume of mail-in ballots still being verified.
International observers who monitored the vote described the process as largely orderly, though they flagged isolated reporting delays in rural precincts that briefly fueled speculation of irregularities on social media.
Markets in the affected country dipped modestly on the uncertainty, with analysts cautioning that a prolonged dispute could delay budget negotiations already running behind schedule.