2019 Afghan presidential election

2019 Afghan presidential election

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Nominee Ashraf Ghani Abdullah Abdullah
Party Independent National Coalition
Running mate Amrullah Saleh
Sarwar Danish[1][2]
Enayatullah Babur Farahmand
Asadullah Sadati[1][2]
Popular vote 923,592 720,841
Percentage 50.64% 39.52%

Results by province

President before election

Ashraf Ghani
Independent

Elected President

Ashraf Ghani
Independent

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. After delays over disputed votes, Ghani was declared the winner in the final results on 18 February 2020.[4] Abdullah Abdullah rejected the results and moved to set up his own parallel government and separate inauguration.[5] However, Ghani was officially sworn in for a second term on 9 March 2020.[6][7] The ensuing political crisis was not resolved until 16 May 2020, when Ghani and Abdullah signed a power-sharing deal in which Ghani would remain president and Abdullah would lead the peace talks with the Taliban when they start.[8] Voter turnout was less than 20%.[9]

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  2. ^ a b Akhgar, Tameem; Gannon, Kathy (28 September 2019). "Top 5 Afghan presidential candidates in Saturday's election". Associated Press. Retrieved 23 April 2020.https://apnews.com/28bd4a495dca4e508c2eafc3ce62deb3
  3. ^ "Heavy security as Afghans elect president". BBC News. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ Mashal, Mujib (18 February 2020). "After 5-Month Delay, Ashraf Ghani Is Named Winner of Afghan Election". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Afghanistan: Ghani, Abdullah set to hold parallel inaugurations". Al Jazeera. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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  8. ^ "Rival Afghan leaders sign power-sharing deal". BBC News. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  9. ^ Afghanistan's Ghani claims narrow win in preliminary presidential vote results Reuters, 22 December 2019