Fact Sheet: The 2004 Presidential Elections

• Number of provinces in which Karzai was the top vote getter: 21 1

2
• Number of those provinces that are in the Pashtun dominated South: 17

• Months candidates had to register and campaign after election laws were passed: 4 3
• Total minutes of airtime provided to opposition candidates: 20 4
• Candidates who gathered Sept 22 to protest perceived US meddling in upcoming
election: 14 5
• Total spent on registration and holding Afghanistan's presidential elections: $200
million 6
• Total budgeted for domestic election monitoring of these presidential election: $0.5
million 7
• Expected polling centers nationwide (each contains five polling stations): 5,000 8
• Required staff for these 25,000 polling stations: 120,000 9
VOTER REGISTRATION

• Ratio of men registered to women that registered: 58.6 to 41.4 percent 10

• Estimated eligible voting population in Afghanistan: 9.8 million 11
Registered voters in Afghanistan (August, 2004): 10.3 million 12
• Number of eligible Afghan voters living in Pakistan: 1.4 million 13
• Reported number of registration cards a single Afghan has been able to obtain: 2 to
40 14
• Percent of the estimated eligible male population that is now registered to vote: 120
percent 15
• Number of provinces that are over-registered: 13 16
• Number of provinces which registered voters exceed the population by 40% or more:
4 17
• Estimated ratio of voters to registration cards issued, in the Panjshir Valley: 1 : 2.5
18

• Expected price for a registration cards on the black market: $100 19

• Ratio of men to women registered in some southern provinces: 4:1 20
• Total spent on registration and holding Afghanistan's presidential elections: $200
million 21
• Total budgeted for domestic election monitoring of these presidential election: $0.5
million 22
• Expected polling centers nationwide(each contains five polling stations): 5,000 23
 Results by Votes [3]
100% of Estimated Total Votes Counted*

Candidate Political Party Votes %

Hamid Karzai Independent 4,443,029 55.4%

Yunoos Qanooni Hezb-e-Nuhzhat-e-Mili Afghanistan 1,306,503 16.3%
Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq Independent 935,325 11.7%
Abdul Rashid Dostum Independent 804,861 10.0%
Hezb-e-Congra-e-Mili
Abdul Latif Pedram 110,160 1.4%
Afghanistan
Massooda Jalal Independent 91,415 1.1%
Nuhzat-e-Hambastagee Mili
Syed Ishaq Gilani 80,081 1.0%
Afghanistan
Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai Independent 60,199 0.8%
Abdul Satar Serat Independent 30,201 0.4%
Hamayon Shah Asifi Independent 26,224 0.3%
Ghulam Farooq Nijrabi Hezb-e-Istiqlal-e-Afghanistan 24,232 0.3%
Syed Abdul Hadi Dabir Independent 24,057 0.3%
Abdul Hafiz Mansoor Independent 19,728 0.2%
Abdul Hadi Khalilzai Independent 18,082 0.2%
Mir Mohammad Mahfouz
Independent 16,054 0.2%
Nedaee
Mohammad Ebrahim Rashid Independent 14,242 0.2%
Wakil Mangal Independent 11,770 0.1%
Abdul Hasseb Aryan Independent 8,373 0.1%

Valid Votes 8,024,536 100.0%

Invalid Votes** 104,404
Total Votes 8,128,940
Sources:

1
Election results, available at Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB). http://www.elections-
afghanistan.org.af/Election%20Results%20Website/english/english.htm
2
Election results, available at Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB). LINK.
3
Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan,"
Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK
4
Paul Watson, "U.S. Hand Seen in Afghan Election: Some candidates say the embassy pressured them not to run
against President Karzai," Los Angelos Times, (September 23, 2004). LINK
5
Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan,"
Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK
6
Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK
7
Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK
8
"Fix the flaws to increase electoral legitimacy," Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 13, 2004).
LINK
9
"Fix the flaws to increase electoral legitimacy," Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 13, 2004).
LINK
10
Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
on Afghanistan, (July 1, 2004). LINK
11
Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
and by UN agencies, (16 September) LINK
12
Press briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, UNAMA Spokesman, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, (Aug 22,
2004). LINK
13
Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
and by UN agencies, (16 September) LINK
14
Note that this original UN estimate of eligible voters, based as it is based on an inaccurate census, is almost
certainly too small, and has since been revised upwards. Nevertheless, the extremely high registration figures
suggest individuals in certain provinces are registering multiple times. For more information, see IN FOCUS : Voter
Registration and Possible Fraud. "Afghanistan's first free presidential election campaign kicks off," UN News Centre,
(September 7, 2004). LINK
15
Press briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, UNAMA Spokesman, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, (Aug 22,
2004). LINK
16
Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK
17
Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan,"
Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK
18
Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan,"
Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK
19
Andrew Reynolds and Andrew Wilder, "Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges to Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan,"
Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 2004). LINK
20
Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK
21
Martin Huckerby, "Afghan voting number puzzle" (August27, 2004) BBC News, UK Edition. LINK
22
“Afghanistan faces spiralling violence as presidential polls near,”Agence France Presse August 9, 2004 Monday
23
"Fix the flaws to increase electoral legitimacy," Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, (September 13,
2004). LINK