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September that Sirat and Mohaqiq had formed a pact
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won the elections with 55.4% of the vote and three times more votes than any other candidate. Twelve candidates received less than 1% of the vote. It is estimated that more than three-quarters of
Afghanistan's nearly 12 million registered voters cast ballots. The elections were overseen by the Joint
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September, and then until October. Candidates for president also nominated two vice-presidential candidates. Some candidates used this to balance their ticket with regard to Afghanistan's three main ethnic
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Mohammed Mohaqeq and the Uzbek strongman General
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1444:Independent/
1275:Independent/
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1230:Yunus Qanuni
1212:Hamid Karzai
1158:Yunus Qanuni
1149:Hamid Karzai
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600:Subdistricts
364:Hasan Akhund
300:Human rights
290:
278:Constitution
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219:Hamid Karzai
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197:Hamid Karzai
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182:Hamid Karzai
180:
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104:Yunus Qanuni
98:Hamid Karzai
96:
53:
26:
1827:January 25,
1799:January 25,
1761:January 25,
1731:January 25,
1703:January 25,
1674:January 25,
1585:Total votes
1563:Valid votes
1537:Independent
1519:Independent
1501:Independent
1483:Independent
1465:Independent
1426:Independent
1372:Independent
1316:Independent
1216:Independent
1080:Journalist
734:Visa policy
699:Ambassadors
414:Abdul Kabir
310:LGBT rights
215:Afghanistan
201:Independent
186:Independent
154:Percentage
116:Independent
2269:Categories
1853:August 11,
1621:References
921:monarchist
877:war crimes
545:Minister:
526:Minister:
512:Minister:
330:Government
291:Loya jirga
224:Zakim Shah
149:1,306,503
1599:9,716,413
1588:8,128,940
1566:8,024,536
1551:8,024,536
1239:1,306,503
1219:4,443,029
1195:Candidate
1129:landmines
907:Mujahedin
881:Mujahedin
613:Elections
595:Districts
588:Governors
583:Provinces
440:Judiciary
145:4,443,029
2021:Archived
1976:Archived
1952:Archived
1925:Archived
1770:Kabul TV
1669:BBC News
1637:Archived
1607:Source:
1119:Violence
1105:Kai Eide
1030:Pakistan
1026:Peshawar
911:Al-Qaida
903:Pakistan
724:Passport
562:(acting)
549:(acting)
530:(acting)
516:(acting)
480:(second)
385:(second)
366:(acting)
93:Nominee
1947:Reuters
1577:104,404
1301:110,160
1281:804,861
1260:935,325
1135:Results
1018:refugee
885:Taliban
831:warlord
822:party.
474:(first)
427:Cabinet
391:(third)
379:(first)
351:decrees
232:Swedish
162:16.28%
74:
1789:Xinhua
1591:100.00
1554:100.00
1522:11,770
1504:14,242
1486:16,054
1468:18,082
1450:19,728
1429:24,057
1411:24,232
1393:26,224
1375:30,201
1357:60,199
1339:80,081
1319:91,415
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158:55.37%
121:Naveen
112:Party
1602:83.66
1569:98.72
1548:Total
1540:8,373
1284:10.03
1263:11.66
1256:PIUPA
1242:16.28
1222:55.37
1201:Votes
1198:Party
998:Ulema
690:trips
2254:2014
2249:2009
2244:2005
2228:1977
2223:1964
2207:2018
2202:2010
2197:2005
2192:1988
2187:1969
2182:1965
2177:1961
2172:1958
2167:1955
2162:1952
2157:1949
2152:1946
2147:1943
2142:1940
2137:1937
2132:1934
2127:1931
2109:2019
2104:2014
2099:2009
2094:2004
1881:2009
1855:2007
1829:2010
1801:2010
1763:2010
1733:2010
1705:2010
1676:2010
1613:IFES
1580:1.28
1543:0.10
1525:0.15
1507:0.18
1489:0.20
1471:0.23
1453:0.25
1432:0.30
1414:0.30
1396:0.33
1378:0.38
1360:0.75
1342:1.00
1322:1.14
1304:1.37
982:Sufi
829:, a
818:, a
649:2018
644:2010
632:2019
627:2014
341:list
59:2009
1609:IEC
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