Elections
Ghani Secures Majority Votes in Presidential Election
The Independent Election Commission (IEC), has announced the preliminary results of the Afghan presidential election on Sunday, December 22, 2019.
The results were announced after nearly three months of delay.
According to the results, Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani secured a majority, earning 50.64% of votes. CE Abdullah Abdullah came in second place, securing 39.52% of votes cast.
The vote count of all the candidates are as below:
Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani |
923,868 |
50.64% |
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah |
720,990 |
39.52% |
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar |
70,242 |
3.85% |
Rahmatullah Nabil |
33,921 |
1.86% |
Dr. Faramarz Tamana |
18,066 |
0.99% |
Sayed Noorullah Jalili |
15,526 |
0.85% |
Abdul Latif Pedram |
12,608 |
0.69% |
Enayatullah Hafiz |
11,374 |
0.62% |
Mohammad Hakim Torsan |
6,504 |
0.36% |
Ahmad Wali Massoud |
3,942 |
0.22% |
Mohammad Shuhab Hakimi |
3,324 |
0.18% |
Ghulam Farooq Nejrabi |
1606 |
0.09% |
Mohammad Hanif Atmar |
1565 |
0.09% |
Noor Rahman Leywal |
865 |
0.05% |
The voter turnout was 1,824,401 people in the Afghan presidential election.
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