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| Afghanistan |
| Afghanistan postpones polls results |
| 2009-09-06 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission has delayed the release of the latest batch of election results. A spokeswoman for the commission did not give an exact time for the release of the preliminary results. Results were being released daily; however, it will take several weeks before the total official count is announced. Final results are not due before September 17. More than 60 percent of the ballots of Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election have been counted so far. Figures released on Wednesday showed incumbent President Hamid Karzai getting 47.3 percent of the votes. This is while his main challenger and former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has gained over 32 percent of the ballots. But Karzai was still just shy of the 50 percent needed to avoid a run-off in October. The two main candidates for the presidency have each claimed victory, while Abdullah has alleged widespread vote-rigging by Karzai's camp. The commission says it is investigating hundreds of serious complaints, while the deadline for any new complaints has now passed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Or in some places someone simply can't count that high. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-09-06 11:05 |
| #1 Translation, held until the results say wht they want them to say. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-09-06 06:05 |