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Presidential elections were held in Afghanistan on 28 September 2019. [3] According to preliminary results, which runner-up Abdullah Abdullah appealed against, incumbent Ashraf Ghani was re-elected with 923,592 votes, 50.64% of the vote.
Afghanistan held parliamentary and provincial council elections on 18 September 2005. Final results were delayed by accusations of election fraud , and were finally announced on 12 November 2005. Former warlords and their followers gained the majority of seats in both the lower house and the provincial council (which elects the members of the ...
His was the first reported U.S. military death in Afghanistan in 2019. [16] January 20 – Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and chief executive Abdullah Abdullah both registered to be among the 14 candidates for the 2019 Afghan presidential election in July, reprising the 2014 contest. [17]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears to have narrowly won a second term, according to preliminary results from September's balloting that were announced Sunday, although his main challenger ...
The prospect of a peace deal with Taliban insurgents created an atmosphere of uncertainty in the months leading up to Saturday's presidential election in Afghanistan. President Ashraf Ghani stood ...
The 2014 election was the first election in Afghanistan to make use of opinion polling. A December 2013 poll by Glevum was the first of nine planned polls funded by the United States. The polls were to be conducted by three different companies, with the United States paying for them due to Afghan institutions lacking the ability and funding to ...
On February 12, 2019, Afghanistan's coalition government fired all the commissioners responsible for directing the fraud-tainted election. Though there has been no official news of the fate of the 2018 election ballots, if the results are re-examined or canceled, it could further delay preparations for the upcoming presidential election. [43]
[4] [5] On 18 February 2020, Ghani was re-elected after a delayed result from the 2019 presidential elections. [6] [7] He was sworn in on 9 March 2020. [8] As president, Ghani was known for his intensity and energetic speeches. [9] He aimed to transform Afghanistan into a technocratic state, winning him support from youth and urban demographics ...