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2019 Afghan presidential election

Wikidata Q55863781: 2019 Afghan presidential election Wikidata

2019 Afghan presidential election - point in time 2019-09-28

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC0-1.0

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The election

Date
28 September 2019
Date status
Held - Voting has taken place.

Wikidata Q55863781: 2019 Afghan presidential election Wikidata

2019 Afghan presidential election - point in time 2019-09-28

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC0-1.0

What is being elected
President of Afghanistan

ecoi.net News report

According to the IEC figures, Abdullah received 720,841 votes (39.52%)

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

afghanistan-analysts.org News report

This represents less than a fifth of the registered electorate, just 18.8 per cent of the 9,665,745 voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Who votes
The public.
Electoral authority
No functioning national electoral management body; the former Independent Election Commission and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission were dissolved

Results

Final results, as published by afghanistan-analysts.org, ecoi.net, and tolonews.com. elekt reports the figures the sources publish; it does not call races or make projections.

Final results

ecoi.net News report

According to the IEC figures, Abdullah received 720,841 votes (39.52%)

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

afghanistan-analysts.org News report

This represents less than a fifth of the registered electorate, just 18.8 per cent of the 9,665,745 voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Turnout 18.9%

ecoi.net News report

According to the IEC figures, Abdullah received 720,841 votes (39.52%)

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

afghanistan-analysts.org News report

This represents less than a fifth of the registered electorate, just 18.8 per cent of the 9,665,745 voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

9,665,745 registered voters1,823,948 ballots cast
Share of the vote (%): all 3 lines, as in the table
Results of 2019 Afghan presidential election
Party or candidateVotesShareSource
Ashraf Ghani Elected923,59250.6%

afghanistan-analysts.org News report

This represents less than a fifth of the registered electorate, just 18.8 per cent of the 9,665,745 voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

tolonews.com News report

The final results of the election, according to the IEC, show that President Ashraf Ghani has the highest count with 50.6% of the total, at 923,592 votes.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Abdullah Abdullah (National Coalition of Afghanistan)720,84139.5%

afghanistan-analysts.org News report

This represents less than a fifth of the registered electorate, just 18.8 per cent of the 9,665,745 voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

tolonews.com News report

The final results of the election, according to the IEC, show that President Ashraf Ghani has the highest count with 50.6% of the total, at 923,592 votes.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin)70,2413.9%

afghanistan-analysts.org News report

This represents less than a fifth of the registered electorate, just 18.8 per cent of the 9,665,745 voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

tolonews.com News report

The final results of the election, according to the IEC, show that President Ashraf Ghani has the highest count with 50.6% of the total, at 923,592 votes.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Sources

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