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Afghanistan |
Afghanistans Karzai takes lead in election results |
2009-08-30 |
![]() Total results released so far come from 35 percent of polling stations used in only Afghanistan's second direct presidential election, which was held on Aug. 20 and has been overshadowed by claims of massive fraud. Karzai was leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, by 46.3 percent to 31.4 percent with votes from around a third of all polling stations counted. Karzai needs to win more than 50 percent to avoid a second round run-off. Out of 2.32 million valid votes counted, Karzai won 940,558 and former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah 638,924, Daud Najafi, chief electoral officer at the Independent Election Commission (IEC), told a news conference. |
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