2009 Afghan presidential election

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presidential election

The 2009 Afghan presidential election was a contentious national vote marked by widespread fraud allegations, a disputed outcome, and a runoff that was ultimately canceled when challenger Abdullah Abdullah withdrew.

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Label Occurrences
2009 Afghan presidential election canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf presidential election ⓘ
allegation widespread electoral fraud ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
candidate Abdul Salam Rocketi ⓘ
Abdullah Abdullah ⓘ
Ashraf Ghani ⓘ
Hamid Karzai ⓘ
Hedayat Amin Arsala ⓘ
Mirwais Yasini ⓘ
Ramazan Bashardost ⓘ
Shahnawaz Tanai ⓘ
characterizedBy disputed outcome ⓘ
fraud allegations ⓘ
constitutionalBasis 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Afghanistan
country Afghanistan ⓘ
electorate citizens of Afghanistan ⓘ
endDate 2009-11-02 ⓘ
firstRoundDate 2009-08-20 ⓘ
followedBy 2014 Afghan presidential election ⓘ
follows 2004 Afghan presidential election ⓘ
fraudInvestigationResult significant number of fraudulent votes invalidated ⓘ
incumbentAfterElection Hamid Karzai ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Hamid Karzai ⓘ
internationalObserver EU missions ⓘ
surface form: European Union election observation mission

United Nations ⓘ
invalidatedVotesShare large proportion of Karzai votes ⓘ
location Afghanistan ⓘ
mainChallenger Abdullah Abdullah ⓘ
notableIssue corruption ⓘ
foreign military presence ⓘ
governance ⓘ
security ⓘ
officeContested President of Afghanistan ⓘ
organizedDuring War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
oversightBody Electoral Complaints Commission ⓘ
partOf Afghan elections ⓘ
plannedRunoffDate 2009-11-07 ⓘ
reasonForLowTurnout security concerns ⓘ
voter intimidation ⓘ
runoffCanceledReason withdrawal of Abdullah Abdullah ⓘ
runoffStatus canceled ⓘ
securityContext Taliban insurgency ⓘ
startDate 2009-08-20 ⓘ
supervisingBody Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan ⓘ
termLengthContestedOffice 5 years ⓘ
typeOfElection direct popular vote ⓘ
voterTurnout low ⓘ
winner Hamid Karzai ⓘ

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2004 Afghan presidential election → followedBy → 2009 Afghan presidential election ⓘ
Hamid Karzai → reElectedIn → 2009 Afghan presidential election ⓘ
Abdullah Abdullah → candidateInElection → 2009 Afghan presidential election ⓘ