2019 Afghan presidential election

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The 2019 Afghan presidential election was a contentious national vote to choose Afghanistan’s president amid security challenges, political rivalries, and disputes over the results.

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2019 Afghan presidential election canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national election ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
boycottedBy Taliban ⓘ
candidateWithdrewBeforeVote Mohammad Haneef Atmar ⓘ
characterizedBy Taliban attacks ⓘ
allegations of fraud ⓘ
low voter turnout ⓘ
political dispute over results ⓘ
security threats ⓘ
context ongoing Afghan peace process ⓘ
war in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
declaredWinnerBy Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan ⓘ
disputedBy Abdullah Abdullah ⓘ
disputesAdjudicatedBy Electoral Complaints Commission of Afghanistan ⓘ
electionDate 2019-09-28 ⓘ
electoralSystem two-round system ⓘ
firstRoundHeld 2019-09-28 ⓘ
follows 2014 Afghan presidential election ⓘ
incumbentCandidate Ashraf Ghani ⓘ
languageOfBallots Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
ledTo parallel inauguration ceremonies ⓘ
political crisis in Afghanistan ⓘ
location Afghanistan ⓘ
majorCandidate Abdullah Abdullah ⓘ
Ashraf Ghani ⓘ
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
Mohammad Haneef Atmar ⓘ
Rahmatullah Nabil ⓘ
monitoredBy domestic observers ⓘ
international observers ⓘ
officeContested President of Afghanistan ⓘ
opposedBy Taliban ⓘ
organizedBy Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan ⓘ
originalScheduledDate 2019-04-20 ⓘ
parallelInaugurationBy Abdullah Abdullah ⓘ
Ashraf Ghani ⓘ
partOf Afghan electoral cycle ⓘ
postponedTo 2019-07-20 ⓘ
2019-09-28 ⓘ
precededBy 2014 Afghan presidential election ⓘ
reasonForPostponement logistical challenges ⓘ
security concerns ⓘ
registeredVotersApprox 9.6 million ⓘ
resultAnnouncedDateFinal 2020-02-18 ⓘ
resultAnnouncedDatePreliminary 2019-12-22 ⓘ
resultedIn May 2020 political agreement between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah ⓘ
power-sharing negotiations ⓘ
runnerUp Abdullah Abdullah ⓘ
secondRoundHeld no ⓘ
secondRoundRequired no ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage approximately 19 ⓘ
votesCastApprox 1.8 million ⓘ
voteShareRunnerUpPercentage 39.52 ⓘ
voteShareWinnerPercentage 50.64 ⓘ
winner Ashraf Ghani ⓘ

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Abdullah Abdullah → candidateInElection → 2019 Afghan presidential election ⓘ