KABUL: Both the incumbent and his main rival have claimed victory in the hotly contested Afghan elections, as elections officials confirm ballot counting is over and results will be released next week.
‘From what we have obtained so far, we can claim that there is no need for a run-off and we can claim that we’re in the lead,’ Karzai’s campaign chief Din Mohammmad told AFP.
‘We have got this figure from our observers at the (voting) sites,’ he added.
However, Abdullah Abdullah’s campaign spokesman also claimed that his side had won based on partial figures.
‘The results that we have received from our observers from the sites tells us, as we speak, we have 63 per cent, Hamid Karzai has 31 per cent,’ Sayed Aqa Fazil Sancharaki told AFP by telephone.
‘This is not a final result. We are still receiving more results from our people on the ground. We might be done by tomorrow,’ he added.
Experts believe that an energetic campaign during the past few days by ex-foreign minister Abdullah, who has a northern powerbase, boosted the chance of a run-off, which would take place in around six weeks time.
Counting over
Ballot counting in Afghanistan’s presidential election is over with results to be released next week and turnout expected at 40 to 50 per cent, the election authority said Friday.
Afghans voted on Thursday to elect a new president and for 420 councillors in 34 provincial councils.
‘The counting is finished for the presidential race,’ Independent Election Commission official Zekria Barakzai told AFP.
‘The turnout was different from south to the north and central parts of Afghanistan but still it is satisfactory and I expect that turnout will be from 40 to 50 per cent,’ he said.
Pre-election opinion polls put Abdullah on track for around 26 per cent of the vote.— AFP
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