Partial election results expected in Afghanistan on Tuesday
KABUL. August 25. KAZINFORM Afghanistan's electoral authorities are expected to announce on Tuesday vote counts from several provinces following last Thursday's presidential election, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
Preliminary nationwide results are expected not before September 3. The final results, previously scheduled for September 17, could be further delayed by an investigation into 225 reports of abuses received by the Electoral Complaints Commission.
Around 20% of votes have so far been registered in the central system, an official with the country's Independent Election Commission said.
"Vote counts received from almost 1,350 polling stations via local election commissions have been processed and entered into the computer system in the presence of local and international observers," Zekria Barakzai said.
Spokesmen for incumbent President Hamid Karzai and ex-premier Abdullah Abdullah have both said their candidates won an outright majority, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.