Elections in Afghanistan
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This article gives information on election and election results in Afghanistan.
Under the 2001 Bonn Agreement, Afghanistan was scheduled to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in 2004 in order to replace the transitional government led by Hamid Karzai. Presidential elections were held in 2004, but parliamentary elections were not held until mid-September 2005. See March 2005 UN Security Council report on parliamentary elections delay.
Afghanistan has a multi-party system in development, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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[edit] Latest elections
[edit] 2005 parliamentary election
| Candidates | Seats |
|---|---|
| Non-partisans | 249 |
| Total | 249 |
[edit] 2004 presidential election
| Candidates (Ethnic background) - Nominating party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Hamid Karzai (Pashtun) | 4,443,029 | 55.4% |
| Yunus Qanuni (Tajik) - Afghan Nationalist Party | 1,306,503 | 16.3% |
| Mohammed Mohaqiq (Hazara) - Independent (Wahdat Islamic Unity Party) | 935,325 | 11.7% |
| Abdul Rashid Dostum (Uzbek) - Independent (National Islamic Movement) | 804,861 | 10.0% |
| Abdul Latif Pedram (Tajik) - National Congress Party | 110,160 | 1.4% |
| Massouda Jalal (Tajik) | 91,415 | 1.1% |
| Sayed Ashaq Gailani* (Pashtun) - National Solidarity Movement | 80,081 | 1.0% |
| Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai (Pashtun) - Independent (Islamic Revolutionary Movement) | 60,199 | 0.8% |
| Abdul Satar Sirat (Tajik) | 30,201 | 0.4% |
| Hamyon Shah Aasifi (Pashtun) - Independent (National Unity Party) | 26,224 | 0.3% |
| Ghulam Farooq Nejrabi (Tajik) - Afghan Independence Party | 24,232 | 0.3% |
| Sayed Abdul Hadi Dabir (Tajik) | 24,057 | 0.3% |
| Abdul Hafiz Mansoor (Tajik) - Independent (Islamic Society) | 19,728 | 0.2% |
| Abdul Hadi Khalilzai (Pashtun) | 18,082 | 0.2% |
| Mir Mahfuz Nedahi (Pashtun) | 16,054 | 0.2% |
| Mohammed Ibrahim Rashid (Pashtun) | 14,242 | 0.2% |
| Wakil Mangal (Pashtun) | 11,770 | 0.1% |
| Abdul Hasib Aarian* (Tajik) | 8,373 | 0.1% |
| Total Valid Votes (turnout 70%) | 8,024,536 | 100.0% |
| Invalid Votes | 104,404 | |
| Total Votes | 8,128,940 |
[edit] Past elections
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