Afghan Elections

Karzai extends his lead

Gregg Carlstrom | August 26, 2009 11:52 AM | 0 | recommend (0) |   |      

As with yesterday's figures, these are very incomplete numbers that don't offer a representative sample. But with 940,000 ballots counted -- almost one-fifth of the total -- Karzai has extended his lead over Abdullah Abdullah. The margin is now roughly 45%-35%, compared to 41%-39% yesterday.

Ramazan Bashardost has about 11% of the vote, and Ashraf Ghani 3%.

Roughly 38,000 ballots have been declared invalid and tossed out, according to Pajhwok, though the electoral commission doesn't explain why.

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Categories: Afghan Elections (2009), Afghanistan, Politics, Regional News

Tags: Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan elections, Ashraf Ghani, Hamid Karzai, Ramazan Bashardost, voter fraud

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