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Election Returns Still Trickling In |
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Written by JD Johannes
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Thursday, 27 August 2009 |
With 17.2% of polling stations tallied, President Karzai is leading his challengers with 44.8% of the votes cast.
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah is in second with 35.1% and Bashardost is a distant third with 11.4%.
The Afghanistan Independent Elections Commission has an interactive province-by-province tally.
Under Afghan law, if no candidate gets more than 50%, there will be a runoff election.
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