Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has demanded a raw vote count from the Iowa caucus, after results showed Hillary Clinton beating him by just .4 percentage points.

Sanders spoke of an unfolding controversy at certain Iowa precincts which did not have enough Democratic party volunteers to report delegate totals. He called on officials to reveal underlying voter totals.

Candidates are awarded on a precinct-by-precinct basis, regardless of the state-wide vote for each person.

“I honestly don’t know what happened. I know there are some precincts that have still not reported. I can only hope and expect that the count will be honest,” he told reporters on Tuesday.

Sanders' campaign director, Jeff Weaver, said he did not "anticipate we are going to contest" specific results, but hoped there would be an investigation into the situation.

(RT)