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Viewing cable 09KABUL2575, KABUL: AUGUST 26 ELECTION PRELIMINARY RESULTS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09KABUL2575 2009-08-26 14:37 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kabul 
VZCZCXRO1669
RR RUEHDBU RUEHPW RUEHSL
DE RUEHBUL #2575 2381437
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 261437Z AUG 09 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1153
INFO RUCNAFG/AFGHANISTAN COLLECTIVE
 
UNCLAS KABUL 002575 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SRAP, SCA/FO, SCA/A, EUR/RPM 
STATE PASS TO AID FOR ASIA/SCAA 
USFOR-A FOR POLAD 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KDEM PGOV PREL AF
SUBJECT: KABUL: AUGUST 26 ELECTION PRELIMINARY RESULTS 
 
REF: KABUL 2528 
 
1. (U) Partial preliminary results of Afghan elections as announced 
by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on August 26: 
 
Cumulative votes counted (August 25 & 26): 998,484 
Valid votes:  941,797 
Invalid Votes (double marked or no candidate properly marked): 
38,160 
 
Vote Counts Per Candidate: 
 
Karzai 422,137 
Abdullah 330,711 
Bashardost 108,158 
Ghani 27,697 
Yaseni 6,049 
Mangal 4,631 
Fana 4,465 
Other candidates 37,949 
 
2.  (U) This count represents 17.2 percent of total polling 
stations. 
 
 
 
 
3. (U) Percent of stations counted per province (as of August 26): 
 
Kabul 18 percent 
Kapisa 46 percent 
Parwan 56 percent 
Wardak 41 percent 
Logar 16 percent 
Ghazni 10 percent 
Paktika 0 percent 
Paktya 18 percent 
Khost 5 percent 
Nangarhar 19 percent 
Laghman 0 percent 
Nuristan 2 percent 
Badakhshan 3 percent 
Takhar 25 percent 
Konduz 0 percent 
Balkh 0 percent 
Baghlan 0 percent 
Samangan 30 percent 
Jowzhjan 80 percent 
Sar-e-Pol 25 percent 
Faryab 16 percent 
Badghis 8 percent 
Herat 1 percent 
Farah 24 percent 
Nimroz 0 percent 
Helmand 0 percent 
Kandahar 12 percent 
Zabul 17 percent 
Uruzgan 3 percent 
Ghor 38 percent 
Bamyan 30 percent 
Panjshir 63 percent 
Dai Kundi 27 percent 
 
4.  (SBU) The most newsworthy event other than the release of the 
tallies was provided by Basherdost, who before the press conference 
began, stood up in the front row, brandished a copy of the election 
law, and objected to the authority of the IEC to release the results 
day by day.  Dr. Najafi of the IEC quickly responded, brandishing 
his own copy of the law, and asserting that the process was indeed 
in compliance with the law. 
EIKENBERRY