Forty-four candidates were registered for the 2009 Afghan presidential election when the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) announced its official preliminary list of candidates on May 17, 2009. Three candidates withdrew from the race before the election took place, having thrown their support behind one of the top two contenders. Forty-one names appeared on the ballot paper for the vote, although a few more had by then announced through the media that they had dropped out. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The candidates participating in the Afghan presidential election on August 20, 2009, were: [5] [6]
Name | Preliminary voting results [7] |
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Abdul Hasib Arian | 2027 | ||
Abdul Jabar Sabit | 2560 |
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Abdul Latif Pedram | 7311 | ||
Abdul Majid Samim | 998 | ||
Alhaj Abdul Ghafor Zori | 4955 |
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Alhaj Shah Mahmood Popal | |||
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai | 48375 |
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Bashir Ahmad Bizhan | 1272 |
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Baz Mohammad Kofi | |||
Bismillah Shir | 2179 | ||
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah | 638924 |
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Dr. Frozan Fana | 8159 |
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Dr. Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi | 2240 | ||
Dr. Habib Mangal | 7339 |
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Dr. Mohammed Nasir Anis | |||
Engineer Moin-ul-din Ulfati | 1645 | ||
Gul Ahmmad Yama | 1434 |
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Haji Hasan Ali Sultani | |||
Hajji Rahim Jan Shinzad | 3118 | ||
Hamed Karzai | 940558 |
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Hidayat Amin Arsala | 1067 |
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Mahbob-U-lah Koshani | 5755 |
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Mawlana Abdul Qadir İmami Ghori |
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Mawlawi Mohammad Sayed Hashimi | |||
Mirwais Yasini | 23059 |
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Mohammad Akbar Oria | 1353 | ||
Mohammad Hakim Torsan | |||
Mohammad Hashim Tawfiqi | 2406 |
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Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai | 4028 | ||
Mohammad Yasin Safi | |||
Motasim Billah Mazhabi | 18248 | ||
Mullah Abdul Salam Rakity | 8250 |
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Mullah Ghulam Mohammad Rigi | 2240 | ||
Nasrullah Baryalai Arsalai |
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Ramazan Bashardost | 277404 |
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Sangin Mohammad Rahmani | 1138 | ||
Sayed Jalal Karim | 5572 | ||
Shahla Ata | 4356 |
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Shahnawaz Tanai | 13512 |
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Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani | 1516 | ||
Zia-ul-haq Hafizi | 724 |
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