Politics of Afghanistan
2004 presidential
The first presidential election under the new constitution was held on October 9, 2004. Interim-president Karzai had enough votes to avoid a run-off.

Politics of Afghanistan

Section Title: 2004 presidential
Table Section Text: The first presidential election under the new constitution was held on October 9, 2004. Interim-president Karzai had enough votes to avoid a run-off.

Candidates	Nominating Party/Party	Ethnicity	Votes	%

Hamid Karzai	Independent	Pashtun	4,443,029	55.4%

Yunus Qanuni	New Afghanistan Party	Tajik	1,306,503	16.3%

Mohammed Mohaqiq	Independent/PIUPA	Hazara	935,325	11.7%

Abdul Rashid Dostum	Independent/National Islamic Movement	Uzbek	804,861	10.0%

Abdul Latif Pedram	National Congress Party	Tajik	110,160	1.4%

Massouda Jalal	Independent	Tajik	91,415	1.1%

Sayed Ashaq Gailani	National Solidarity Movement	Pashtun	80,081	1.0%

Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai	Independent/Islamic Revolutionary Movement	Pashtun	60,199	0.8%

Abdul Satar Sirat	Independent	Uzbek	30,201	0.4%

Hamyon Shah Aasifi	Independent/National Unity Party	Pashtun	26,224	0.3%

Ghulam Farooq Nejrabi	Afghan Independence Party	Tajik	24,232	0.3%

Sayed Abdul Hadi Dabir	Independent	Tajik	24,057	0.3%

Abdul Hafiz Mansoor	Independent/Jamiat-e Islami	Tajik	19,728	0.2%

Abdul Hadi Khalilzai	Independent	Pashtun	18,082	0.2%

Mir Mahfuz Nedahi	Independent	Pashtun	16,054	0.2%

Mohammed Ibrahim Rashid	Independent	Pashtun	14,242	0.2%

Wakil Mangal	Independent	Pashtun	11,770	0.1%

Abdul Hasib Aarian	Independent	Tajik	8,373	0.1%

Total Valid Votes (turnout 70%)	8,024,536	100.0%

Invalid Votes	104,404

Total Votes	8,128,940

Sentence(s)

In 2004, Hamid Karzai of an independent commission won with 55.4% of the vote.

final_sentence: In 2004, Hamid Karzai of an independent commission won with 55.4% of the vote.