In Honduras, people have voted for a new President in the first elections since the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, with de facto leaders hoping to turn a page on the five-month coup crisis.<br/><br/>Election officials hailed calm voting across the Central American nation, but security forces in the northern city of San Pedro Sula fired tear gas and water cannon at supporters of Zelaya at a protest against the polls.<br/><br/>Neither Zelaya nor his rival, de facto leader Roberto Micheletti, who has stepped down briefly during the elections, are standing.<br/><br/>The two favorites, Porfirio Lobo and Elvin Santos, are from right-wing parties that have traded leadership of Honduras for years and have close ties to the powerful military. <br/><br/>Fears of violence set off by a string of small bomb attacks marked a subdued election campaign which took place during the crisis which polarized and isolated the impoverished nation.<br/>