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Afghans in limbo over vote as partial results due
Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:57am EDT
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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan election authorities were preparing on Tuesday to publish the first partial results from last week's presidential election, but the tiny sample may do little to resolve a dispute over the outcome.
The country has been in political limbo since the election, with rival candidates claiming victory and alleging fraud.
Late on Monday, Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal said figures supplied to him as a member of the cabinet showed president Hamid Karzai leading with 68 percent of the vote and avoiding a second round.
A spokesman for Karzai's main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, said those figures were false. Abdullah has also claimed to be in the lead while alleging massive fraud on Karzai's behalf.
The ballots were counted immediately after the vote last Thursday and tallies were posted at individual polling stations, but overall totals have not been released to the public while authorities carry out laborious checks.
Election commission spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor said the results of about 10 percent of the vote would be published on Tuesday evening, with figures to be updated daily.
The overall outcome would not be clear until September 3 when the full preliminary results are due, he added.
The United Nations has urged the candidates and voters to remain patient while the election commission checks the results.
NO MAJORITY?
Polls taken before the election showed Karzai likely to lead but not with the outright majority needed to avoid a run-off against Abdullah.
The most recent of those polls was conducted more than a month before the vote, and Karzai received endorsements from some regional chieftains after the surveys were collected.
Taliban militants had vowed to disrupt the election with violence and mounted sporadic attacks across the country on election day, with rockets hitting numerous cities and gunmen battling police in Kabul.
Their attacks failed to prevent the election from going ahead but did seriously dampen turnout in southern areas.
Southern Pashtun areas are a major source of support for Karzai, so the low turnout could make a second round more likely. Southern areas are also the places where many of the fraud allegations have taken place.
A separate Electoral Complaints Commission says it is looking into at least 250 complaints of irregularities, including at least 35 it considers a priority. Continued...
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