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This R&D breaks down the Afghan presidential election. The election is headed to a runoff after no candidate win over fifty percent of the vote. Abdullah Abdullah, a former Afghan foreign minister, won the first round with 44.9% of the vote. He will be opposed by Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, the country’s former finance minister, who won 31.5% of the first round vote. Although election officials are looking into complaints of fraud and Mr. Abdullah has declared himself the winner, experts do not believe that enough votes will be disqualified to give Mr. Abdullah the presidency. The second round election is set to begin on June 7th.
Rassoul and Sherzai expected to throw support to Abdullah in Afghan presidential election, per @nytimes http://t.co/kLdQ58z7Hz
— Josh Smith (@joshjonsmith) April 27, 2014
Afghan presidential election to go to June runoff http://t.co/CpD5RTBIjZ
— Blogs of War (@BlogsofWar) April 26, 2014
Map of #AfghanElection initial results. Who won majority, where? Ghani likly 2 lose Nimoz, Kandhar, Urzgan in runoff. pic.twitter.com/vxBxF6guxK
— Naseh (@Mann_Naseh) April 27, 2014
Afghan voters, 36% women, took a firm step toward institutionalizing the democratic process http://t.co/R89IBgybJC
— Women Lead to Change (@WomenLead2Chang) May 1, 2014
Afghan election front-runners trade fraud allegations http://t.co/H9HR7YHOi4
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) April 27, 2014
#AfghanNews: U.S. Looking Past Karzai to… http://t.co/PyxGZaLsuf
— For Afghan Democracy (@ForAfghanDem) May 1, 2014
Emerging Possibilities in Kabul as Afghan Election Results Trickle In http://t.co/mFXTtPe4js
— The Diplomat (@Diplomat_APAC) April 16, 2014
Opinion: The Afghan election is a referendum on the Taliban’s waning influence http://t.co/Eoc6obS4vv
— Al Jazeera America (@ajam) April 14, 2014
Wherein multiple members of Congress go full revisionist on US/Karzai history. http://t.co/E5t7JDqdbr #NotOurKarzai
— Gary Owen (@ElSnarkistani) May 1, 2014
Afghan election heads to runoff with Abdullah in lead http://t.co/jdOEbGlAEP via @CSMWorldDesk
— CSMonitor.com (@csmonitor) April 26, 2014
A totally clean Afghan presidential election may not be possible, notes @isobel_coleman http://t.co/FTS9eVYUcZ
— U.S. News (@usnews) April 7, 2014
Afghan Presidential Election Set for Runoff http://t.co/LWNMePQrFm
— WSJ World News (@WSJworld) April 26, 2014
At the polls, Afghans have signaled their desire for democracy: http://t.co/Bx3WMgY4rO
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) April 13, 2014
#Afghan presidential #election provokes over 3,000 complaints http://t.co/TZVQMOOXgm #Afghanistan #Kabul
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 8, 2014