Afghanistan's Ghani wins slim majority of presidential vote in preliminary results
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1449802
Afghanistan's Ghani wins slim majority of presidential vote in preliminary results
- Title: Afghanistan's Ghani wins slim majority of presidential vote in preliminary results
- Date: 22nd December 2019
- Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (DECEMBER 22, 2019) (REUTERS) HAWA ALAM NURISTANI HEAD OF THE AFGHAN INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION (IEC) AND OTHER OFFICIAL SITTING DOWN AT NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) HEAD OF THE AFGHAN INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION (IEC), HAWA ALAM NURISTANI; SAYING: "The votes for Mohammad Ashraf Ghani are 923,868 (50.64%) and the votes for Abdullah Abdullah are 720,990 (39.52%)." PROJECTOR CHART SHOWING THE VOTE PERCENTAGES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) HEAD OF THE AFGHAN INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION (IEC), HAWA ALAM NURISTANI; SAYING: "The candidates and their representatives can register their complaints and objections based on the law at the Afghan Independent Electoral Complaints Commission within three days." END OF THE CONFERENCE LOGO OF THE AFGHAN ELECTION COMMISSION (IEC)
- Embargoed: 5th January 2020 09:11
- Keywords: Ashraf Ghani prelinimary results presidential election
- Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- City: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- Country: Afghanistan
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA002BB22Z47
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Afghanistan's incumbent President, Ashraf Ghani, won a slim majority of votes in a Sept. 28 election, delayed preliminary results showed on Sunday (December 22) in a poll that plunged the country into political uncertainty.
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said the total turnout in the presidential election, which was marred by allegations of massive fraud, was 1.9 million with Ghani securing 50.64%, enough to win the first round of voting. Ghani's top challenger Abdullah Abdullah, who currently shares power with him in an awkward unity government, finished second with 39.52% of the vote, according to tally announced by the IEC.
In a statement on Sunday (December 22) Abdullah's office said he did not accept the preliminary results and that the commission had failed to tackle election fraud.
IEC head Hawa Alam Nuristani said in a news conference in Kabul that outcome could change after final results and was subject to a review by the election complaints commission. With 9.7 million registered voters, according to IEC, Afghanistan's 1.9 million voter turnout for the presidential election was low.
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