News
October 06, 2010
Kabul, Oct 7 – We’ve just released an updated interactive map illustrating the provinces where polling centers didn’t open. The map shows how much the IEC had to scale back its plans to open polling centers in the north of the country, as well as in the troubled province of Ghazni in the center of the country.
Ghazni was hit by a wave of pre-election violence and intimidation: one candidate was beheaded while another escaped an attack by armed men a few days before the...
October 05, 2010
Kabul, Oct 5 – The Independent Election Commission said Tuesday it was postponing release of the preliminary election results until Oct. 17. They had originally been scheduled to be completed later this week.
The IEC earlier announced posted partial results for Badghis and Herat provinces, bringing to 25 out of 34 the number of provinces which have partial results. After the preliminary results are announced the Electoral Complaints Commission will review complaints before the final certified...
October 05, 2010
KABUL, Oct 5 - Shahzada Hassan, the IEC’s chief in the province of Khost, has been arrested, according to Dari Daily. It quoted security officials.
In a press conference on Sunday the IEC chairperson Fazal Ahmad Manawi had said that they seeking the arrest of an IEC provincial chief who had allegedly been involved in election fraud.
Hassan, the provincial head of the Independent Election Commission in Khost, has been arrested by police after being accused by candidates and observers...
October 03, 2010
Here are our notes from the Ghor Province demurrer Candidates press Conference at the Setara Hotel, Kabul on 03 Oct, 2010 – 11:00 am. These notes are rough, and should not be relied upon as source material. DI presents them as is.
Najab Ali Danish one of the demurrer candidates told the press conference there were 20-22 candidates of Ghor Province, who believe that Wolesi Jirga elections were conducted with widespread fraud and many irregularities.
Ghor Province
The candidates have filed...
October 03, 2010
Here are our notes from today’s IEC press conference. These notes are rough, and should not be relied upon as source material. DI presents them as is.
IEC chairperson Fazl Ahmad Manawi told the press conference that the IEC leadership is working hard at scrutinizing and evaluating election results. The IEC would was committed to a transparent process in identifying fraudulent votes.
The IEC has forwarded the name of one IEC provincial chief to the security forces for his alleged...
October 01, 2010
Some interesting pieces in today’s summary worth drawing attention to. Particularly strong is a piece by Anand Gopal in the New Republic (“The Spine-Chilling Emptiness of Afghanistan's Voting Booths”) which paints a picture of what the election looked like in parts of Wardak:
Suddenly a group of white Toyota pickups, with armed men stuffed in the back, sped towards the center and screeched to a stop near the door. The gunmen, part of a pro-government militia,...
September 30, 2010
These are our notes from today’s press conference at the Independent Election Commission.
The IEC chairperson Fazl Ahmad Manawi spoke at a press conference today at the IEC headquarters. At the conference he announced partial results for Kabul, Balkh, and Badakhshan provinces. He also said that the results for other 28 provinces have been processed and would be announced soon.
The IEC chief said that the IEC leadership and commissioners are closely checking the suspicious polling...
September 29, 2010
With the end of the campaign and conclusion of election day, candidates for Afghanistan's parliamentary elections are stepping up their scrutiny of the country's two principal bodies responsible for overseeing the elections process, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Election Complaints Commission (ECC). As of September 26, the ECC reported having received 3,557 formal complaints at its provincial offices around the country, and many candidates and political leaders...
September 27, 2010
Seats Contested
249 Seats in 34 Provinces, plus one national constituency for Kuchi Nomads.
68 Seats Reserved for Female Candidates.
Under President Karzai's amendments to the Electoral Law made earlier this year, reserved seats with no female candidates will go to male candidates.
Candidates
There were 2,532 total registered and eligibe candidates as of September 16, 2010.
399 of those candidates (approximately 15%) were female.
32 candidates will appear on the...
September 26, 2010
Kabul, Sept 26 – U.S. based Democracy International, which deployed 80 international observers to this month’s parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, said on Sunday it was still too early to measure the effect of fraud but called on the country’s electoral institutions to stay committed to transparently resolving irregularities and tabulating results.
On September 18, amidst an environment of widespread insecurity, millions of Afghans throughout the country’s 34...
