2004 Afghan Election Factsheet

Fact Sheet: The 2004 Presidential Elections • •

Number of provinces in which Karzai was the top vote getter: 21 1 Number of those provinces that are in the Pashtun dominated South: 17

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Months candidates had to register and campaign after election laws were passed: 4 3 Total minutes of airtime provided to opposition candidates: 20 4 Candidates who gathered Sept 22 to protest perceived US meddling in upcoming election: 14 5 Total spent on registration and holding Afghanistan's presidential elections: $200 million 6 Total budgeted for domestic election monitoring of these presidential election: $0.5 million 7 Expected polling centers nationwide (each contains five polling stations): 5,000 8 Required staff for these 25,000 polling stations: 120,000 9

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VOTER REGISTRATION • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Ratio of men registered to women that registered: 58.6 to 41.4 percent 10 Estimated eligible voting population in Afghanistan: 9.8 million 11 Registered voters in Afghanistan (August, 2004): 10.3 million 12 Number of eligible Afghan voters living in Pakistan: 1.4 million 13 Reported number of registration cards a single Afghan has been able to obtain: 2 to 40 14 Percent of the estimated eligible male population that is now registered to vote: 120 percent 15 Number of provinces that are over-registered: 13 16 Number of provinces which registered voters exceed the population by 40% or more: 4 17 Estimated ratio of voters to registration cards issued, in the Panjshir Valley: 1 : 2.5 18

Expected price for a registration cards on the black market: $100 19 Ratio of men to women registered in some southern provinces: 4:1 20 Total spent on registration and holding Afghanistan's presidential elections: $200 million 21 Total budgeted for domestic election monitoring of these presidential election: $0.5 million 22 Expected polling centers nationwide(each contains five polling stations): 5,000 23

Results by Votes [3] 100% of Estimated Total Votes Counted* Candidate

Political Party

Votes

%

Hamid Karzai

Independent

4,443,029 55.4%

Yunoos Qanooni

Hezb-e-Nuhzhat-e-Mili Afghanistan

1,306,503 16.3%

Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq

Independent

935,325

11.7%

Abdul Rashid Dostum

Independent

804,861

10.0%

Abdul Latif Pedram

Hezb-e-Congra-e-Mili Afghanistan

110,160

1.4%

Massooda Jalal

Independent

91,415

1.1%

Syed Ishaq Gilani

Nuhzat-e-Hambastagee Mili Afghanistan

80,081

1.0%

Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai

Independent

60,199

0.8%

Abdul Satar Serat

Independent

30,201

0.4%

Hamayon Shah Asifi

Independent

26,224

0.3%

Ghulam Farooq Nijrabi

Hezb-e-Istiqlal-e-Afghanistan

24,232

0.3%

Syed Abdul Hadi Dabir

Independent

24,057

0.3%

Abdul Hafiz Mansoor

Independent

19,728

0.2%

Abdul Hadi Khalilzai

Independent

18,082

0.2%

Mir Mohammad Mahfouz Nedaee

Independent

16,054

0.2%

Mohammad Ebrahim Rashid

Independent

14,242

0.2%

Wakil Mangal

Independent

11,770

0.1%

Abdul Hasseb Aryan

Independent

8,373

0.1%

Valid Votes

8,024,536 100.0%

Invalid Votes**

104,404

Total Votes

8,128,940

Sources: 1

Election results, available at Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB). http://www.electionsafghanistan.org.af/Election%20Results%20Website/english/english.htm 2 Election results, available at Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB). LINK. 3 Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan," Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK 4 Paul Watson, "U.S. Hand Seen in Afghan Election: Some candidates say the embassy pressured them not to run against President Karzai," Los Angelos Times, (September 23, 2004). LINK 5 Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan," Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK 6 Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK 7 Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK 8 "Fix the flaws to increase electoral legitimacy," Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 13, 2004). LINK 9 "Fix the flaws to increase electoral legitimacy," Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 13, 2004). LINK 10 Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan, (July 1, 2004). LINK 11 Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and by UN agencies, (16 September) LINK 12 Press briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, UNAMA Spokesman, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, (Aug 22, 2004). LINK 13 Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and by UN agencies, (16 September) LINK 14 Note that this original UN estimate of eligible voters, based as it is based on an inaccurate census, is almost certainly too small, and has since been revised upwards. Nevertheless, the extremely high registration figures suggest individuals in certain provinces are registering multiple times. For more information, see IN FOCUS : Voter Registration and Possible Fraud. "Afghanistan's first free presidential election campaign kicks off," UN News Centre, (September 7, 2004). LINK 15 Press briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, UNAMA Spokesman, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, (Aug 22, 2004). LINK 16 Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK 17 Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan," Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK 18 Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan," Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK 19 Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan," Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK 20 Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK 21 Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK 22 “Afghanistan faces spiralling violence as presidential polls near,”Agence France Presse August 9, 2004 Monday 23 "Fix the flaws to increase electoral legitimacy," Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 13, 2004). LINK