page_title: 2009 Afghan presidential election
section_title: September 16 uncertified final result
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 Afghan presidential election / Post-election vote count and investigations / September, massive fraud alleged, sample-based audit / September 16 uncertified final result
caption_attribution_description: English: Results of 2009 Afghan elections
context_page_description: Presidential elections were held in Afghanistan on 20 August 2009. The election resulted in victory for incumbent Hamid Karzai, who won 49.67% of the vote, while his main rival Abdullah Abdullah finished second with 30.59% of the vote.
  The election was characterized by lack of security, low voter turnout and low awareness of the people about the election and election process and widespread ballot stuffing, intimidation, and other electoral fraud. A second round run-off vote, announced under heavy U.S. and ally pressure, was originally scheduled for 7 November 2009, but it was cancelled after Abdullah refused to participate, and Hamid Karzai was declared President of Afghanistan for another 5-year term.
  The election was the second under the present constitution of Afghanistan and was held on the same day as elections for 34 provincial council seats. The Taliban called for a boycott of the election, describing it as a "program of the crusaders" and "this American process".
context_section_description: On September 16, 2009, the IEC released its final uncertified results for the presidential election, with Hamid Karzai winning the election in one round with 54.6% of the vote:
  Hamid Karzai – 3,093,256 votes, 54.6%
  Abdullah Abdullah – 1,571,581 votes, 27.8%
  Ramazan Bashardost – 520,627 votes, 9.2%
  Ashraf Ghani – 155,343–2.7%
  Total Valid Votes: 5,662,758.
  The IEC claimed that voter turnout was 38.7%. However, anectdotal evidence from observers suggests it was much lower.
  The results were not final until approved by the UN-dominated Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) which had already previously called for recounts at about 10% of polling stations, a process which could take months.
  More than 2,800 complaints were registered with the ECC, including complaints involving polling day and the ballot counting process, with 726 allegations that the ECC categorized as serious enough to have affected the outcome.
  The EU deputy chief observer, Dimitra Ioannou, alleged that 1.5 million ballots were suspect out of the 5.5 million ballots, representing 27% of the vote. According to Ioannou, 1.1 million of the votes for Karzai were suspect, along with 300,000 of the votes for Abdullah, and 92,000 of the votes for Bashardost. The EU deputy chief observer noted that if all the votes they deemed suspect were invalidated, Karzai's percentage would drop from 54.6% to 46%, while Abdullah's would rise from 27.7% to 31%, effectively forcing a run-off. The Karzai campaign denounced the announcement as "partial, irresponsible and in contradiction with Afghanistan's constitution."
  The European Union election observer mission had previously declared the election process to be generally "good and fair", shortly after voting day.
  The figures alleged by the EU deputy chief observer represented approximately 36%, 19%, and 18% of the votes counted for Karzai, Abdullah, and Bashardost, respectively. Invalidating the 1.5 million ballots would reduce the already low voter turnout figure to under 27%.
caption: Provinces where Hamid Karzai won a majority (in blue), provinces were Abdullah Abdullah won a majority (in red)
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