2010 Afghan parliamentary election

none 2010 Afghan parliamentary election Islamic Republic of Afghanistan parliamentary no 2005 Afghan parliamentary election 2005 2018 Afghan parliamentary election 2018 All 249 seats in the House of the People 18 September 2010 130x130px Burhanuddin Rabbani Cropped DVIDS.jpg Burhanuddin Rabbani Jamiat-e Islami Pro-Karzai 22 seats 17 5 Mohaqiq in July 2014.jpg Muhammad Mohaqiq Pro-Karzai People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan 9 seats 11 2 Abdul Rashid Dostum in September 2014.jpg Abdul Rashid Dostum National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan 33 seats 10 23 Speaker Yunus Qanuni Abdul Raouf Ebrahimi New Afghanistan Party Independent politician 2004 Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan on 18 September 2010 to elect members of the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga).https://www.rferl.org/a/Afghan_Election_Commission_Postpones_Parliamentary_Vote/1938035.html Afghan Election Commission Postpones Parliamentary Vote Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty Rferl.org 2013-04-15http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/01/201012482936215831.html Afghan parliamentary vote postponed English.aljazeera.net 2013-04-15 The Afghan Independent Election Commission - established in accordance with the article 156 of the Constitution of Afghanistan for the purpose of organizing and supervising all elections in the country - postponed the poll from its original date of 22 May"Afghans Announce Spring Election"Ben Quinn https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/03/afghan-mps-snub-karzai-cabinet Afghan MPs snub Karzai's new cabinet - President dealt political body blow ahead of key international conference in London later this month Guardian 2010-01-03 2013-04-15"Afghanistan Postpones Parliamentary Election by 4 Months"https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070904166.html Why Afghanistan's September elections ought to be postponed Washingtonpost.com 2010-07-11 2013-04-15 Candace RondeauxTaylor Rob https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66A0P120100711 NATO denies Taliban ascendant as Afghan toll mounts Reuters.com 2010-07-11 2013-04-15 to September 18. The results were delayed on several occasions, but were finalized on October 31. The Taliban issued a direct threat to all those involved in the House of the People elections. Campaign The campaign period kicked off on June 23 and ran until September 16. On June 23, 2010, the full list of candidates was announced; 2,577 candidates filed to run, 405 of them women.http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7035773.html List of Afghan parliamentary candidates finalized English.people.com.cn 2010-06-23 2013-04-15 On July 7, 2010, the Electoral Complaint Commissionhttp://www.ecc.org.af/en/ Electoral Complaints Commission 2010-08-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100719223757/http://www.ecc.org.af/en/ 2010-07-19 announced that it had disqualified 36 candidates because of ties to illegal private militias. However, according to critics "the net caught a few small fish while the sharks swam around it".Ahmad Hafiz http://iwpr.net/report-news/afghans-disillusioned-candidate-choice Afghans Disillusioned with Candidate Choice - Most current parliamentarians plan to stand again, despite widespread public mistrust and disappointment Iwpr.net 2013-04-15 2010-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100723150700/http://www.iwpr.net/report-news/afghans-disillusioned-candidate-choice dead Dan Murphy https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0730/Afghanistan-election-will-still-include-suspected-war-criminals Afghanistan election will still include suspected war criminals Csmonitor.com 2010-07-30 2013-04-15 Sima Samar, who heads the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, said she was concerned that there were alleged war criminals on the candidate lists. http://iwpr.net/report-news/afghan-voters-angry-%E2%80%9Cwarlord%E2%80%9D-candidates Voters Angry at "Warlord" Candidates - Politicians with paramilitary pasts enjoy impunity for past actions Iwpr.net 2013-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110919201013/http://iwpr.net/report-news/afghan-voters-angry-%E2%80%9Cwarlord%E2%80%9D-candidates 2011-09-19 dead Security "We urge people not to participate in the election. Everything and everyone affiliated with the election is our target -- candidates, security forces, campaigners, election workers, voters are all our targets," said Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.https://www.pressreader.com/pakistan/the-pak-banker/20100906/page/5/textview Taliban death threats hang over Afghan elections The Pak Banker 6 Press Reader 2025-05-14 Three candidates were killed during the campaign period while there were several attempts on the lives of others, some of which have resulted in the deaths of campaign workers. In a tally kept by the Free Election Foundation of Afghanistan,http://www.fefa.org.af/index.php 2014 election observation data 2010-09-09 2016-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160301070933/http://fefa.org.af/index.php dead at least eleven campaign workers were killed.http://www.fefa.org.af/ Free & Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan Fefa.org.af 2013-04-15 2010-09-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100923041322/http://fefa.org.af/ dead Polling centres On August 18, Afghanistan's Independent Election Commissionhttp://www.iec.org.af/ iec.org.af 2010-09-09 2010-08-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100804004052/http://www.iec.org.af/ dead announced it would open 5,897 polling centers for the 2010 Wolesi Jirga elections. This was 938 fewer than the original plan to have 6,835 centers opened.http://www.iec.org.af/pdf/wolesi-pressr/pressr_on_no_changes_pc_list.pdf (Independent Election Commission)IEC Press Release: Finalization of Polling Center List for 2010 Wolesi Jirga Elections 2013-04-15 2010-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20101007041535/http://www.iec.org.af/pdf/wolesi-pressr/pressr_on_no_changes_pc_list.pdf dead The decision on whether to open or close polling centers was a matter of debatehttp://www.afghan2010.com/blogpost/polling-centers-close-or-not-close Afghan2010.com - Polling Centers: To Close Or Not To Close by Colin Cookman 2010-09-09 2020-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20201028000353/https://afghan2010.com/blogpost/polling-centers-close-or-not-close/ dead but the IEC said decisions on the polling centers were made in conjunction with the country's security agencies and on September 5 said it was too late to open more. This view was supported by the United Nations and Democracy International.democracyinternational.comhttps://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/unama-statement-unama-supports-iec-decision-reaffirming-final-list-polling UNAMA STATEMENT: UNAMA supports IEC decision reaffirming final list of polling centres United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan 2010-09-05 ReliefWeb 2025-05-14 On September 8, the IEC said a further 81 polling centers would remain shut in eastern Nangarhar province. This brought to 1,019 centers closed, which is almost 15 per cent of the preliminary list of 6835.http://www.afghan2010.com/blogpost/security-threats-close-more-polling-stations Afghan2010.com - Security Threats Close More Polling Stations 2010-09-09 2020-10-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20201027225653/https://afghan2010.com/blogpost/security-threats-close-more-polling-stations/ dead Voting system The voting system used for House of the People elections is single non-transferable vote. The system allows for candidates with as little as less than one percent of the first-choice vote to be elected, something that happened with a number of candidates in the 2005 election.Afghanistan's "Lottery Effect" http://www.afghan2010.com/news/afghanistans-lottery-effect Afghan 2010 10 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150110162654/http://www.afghan2010.com/news/afghanistans-lottery-effect 2015-01-10 dead There have been calls to review the use of SNTV as it impedes the development of political parties and prevents fair and accurate representation of Afghanistan's diverse population.http://www.afghan2010.com/resource/consensus-recommendations-electoral-reform#1 Afghan2010.com Consensus Recommendations for Electoral Reform afghan2010.com 10 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150110162642/http://www.afghan2010.com/resource/consensus-recommendations-electoral-reform#1 2015-01-10 dead Candidates There were 2,584 candidates on the ballots for the 2010 Wolesi Jirga elections, across 34 provinces and a country-wide electorate for the nomadic Kuchi tribe.https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67N10S20100824 Q+A: How does Afghanistan's parliamentary election work? Reuters 2010-08-24 2013-04-15 Some 406 candidates were women, who are allocated at least 68 seats.http://www.afghan2010.com/resource/afghan-2010-basics-candidates Afghan 2010 Basics: Candidates Afghan2010.com 2013-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311195512/http://www.afghan2010.com/resource/afghan-2010-basics-candidates 2012-03-11 dead Notable incumbent candidates include: Ramazan Bashar Dost, who came third in the 2009 Afghan Presidential election; Younus Qanooni, runner-up to President Hamid Karzai in the 2004 presidential election and the inaugural Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga; Shukria Barakzai, a vocal supporter of women's rights; and Mullah Abdul Salaam Rocketi, a former jihadist who earned his name from his skill in shooting rocket-propelled grenades during the Soviet occupation. All three of them stood for one of the 33 seats assigned to Kabul province. Fatima Aziz, an Afghan physician who was elected in 2005, was also re-elected. Other candidates for Kabul included: comedian Zamir Kabuli, who is famous for ridiculing politicians and Farida Tarana, a 29-year-old former female contestant on Afghan Star, the local equivalent of American Idol.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11155238 BBC South Asia: Afghanistan's most unusual parliamentary contenders Bbc.co.uk 2010-09-05 2013-04-15 Controversy Reflecting on the disputed previous presidential election, in December 2009 representatives of donor states expressed worries and even suggested that voting should be postponed. Since the violence and the accusations of fraud that accompanied the 2009 election,"Europe Says a Third of Karzai Votes Are Suspect " another round of voting was expected to do more harm than good. The planned election might lead to a new campaign of violence by the Taliban to intimidate voters. The United Nations, the US and election observation missions, including one representing the European Union, had asked the Afghan government to refrain from further elections until it had written a new election law and created a list of registered voters.https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/12/25/should-afghanistans-next-election-be-delayed/ Should Afghanistan’s next election be delayed? 2009-12-25 The San Diego Union-Tribune 2025-05-14 United States congressmen visiting Kabul that month also urged President Karzai to delay until electoral reforms were in place. Otherwise, Afghanistan could risk American financial support. Karzai insisted that the elections had to be held in May, despite concerns about their credibility."US Congressmen Press Afghanistan to Delay Election"http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2009/12/29/01011-20091229FILWWW00386-l-afghanistan-veut-ses-legislatives.php L'Afghanistan veut ses législatives Lefigaro.fr 2009-12-29 2013-04-15 On January 24, the election authorities in Afghanistan decided to postpone the elections until September 18, due to "security concerns, logistical problems, and insufficient funds". https://www.rferl.org/a/Afghan_Election_Commission_Postpones_Parliamentary_Vote/1938035.html Afghan Election Commission Postpones Parliamentary Vote 2010-06-09 2010-01-24 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Using a loophole in the Constitution, the Karzai administration unilaterally rewrote the election law, and Karzai put it into effect by a decree on February 13, 2010. Under this new version, the five members of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), would be chosen by the president after consultation with the parliamentary leadership. Previously, three of the seats were held by foreigners appointed by the United Nations and the other two members were Afghans.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/14/AR2010021401698.html Afghanistan's government seeks more control over elections Washingtonpost.com 2010-02-15 2013-04-15 Joshua PartlowAlissa J. Rubin Abdul Waheed Wafa https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/asia/24karzai.html?sq=Afghan+Leader+in+Control+Of+Naming+Election+Panel&scp=1 Afghan Leader in Control Of Naming Election Panel Afghanistan New York Times 2010-02-24 2013-04-15 On March 31, 2010, the Lower House of the Afghan parliament rejected this change.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/31/AR2010033102778.html Afghan parliament's lower house rejects Karzai election proposals Washingtonpost.com 2010-04-01 2013-04-15 Joshua Partlow In a speech at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on May 17, 2010, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah warned that another rigged election would be catastrophic, even more than the discredited presidential election in August 2009 from which he dropped out.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/18/abdullah-afghan-parliamentary-election-big-test/ Abdullah: Afghan parliamentary election a big test Washingtontimes.com 2010-05-18 2013-04-15http://www.usip.org/events/the-prospects-peace-and-reconciliation-in-afghanistan https://archive.today/20120915095409/http://www.usip.org/events/the-prospects-peace-and-reconciliation-in-afghanistan dead September 15, 2012 The Prospects for Peace and Reconciliation in Afghanistan - A Discussion with Abdullah Abdullah, former foreign minister of Afghanistan United States Institute of Peace 2010-05-17 2013-04-15 On August 13, 2010, Staffan de Mistura, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special representative for Afghanistan, called upon the Afghan security forces to show heightened vigilance, referring to widespread intimidation of female candidates, the killing of three candidates and other violence directed against candidates. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90856/7103153.html Upcoming Afghan elections "on track," challenges remain: UN envoy English.people.com.cn 2010-08-13 2013-04-15"Unrest Is Undermining Hopes for Afghan Vote" The Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) stated that observers were based in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan to observe the campaigns at the provincial level, and volunteer observers in many districts as well.http://fefa2010.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/clarification-of-new-york-times-article-fefa-will-observe-insecure-areas/ Clarification of New York Times Article: FEFA Will Observe Insecure Areas Fefa2010.wordpress.com 2010-08-14 2013-04-15 Starting June 2010, FEFA published monitoring reports into the election campaign,http://fefa2010.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/first-observation-report-of-the-2010-election-observation-missionnomination-of-candidates/ First Observation Report of the 2010 Election Observation Mission: Nomination of Candidates Fefa2010.wordpress.com 2010-06-16 2013-04-15http://fefa2010.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/challengereport/ Second Observation Report of the 2010 Election Observation Mission: The Challenge Period Fefa2010.wordpress.com 2010-07-17 2013-04-15http://fefa2010.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/third-observation-report-of-the-2010-election-observation-mission-the-campaign-period-from-june-23-to-july-15/ Third Observation Report of the 2010 Election Observation Mission: The Campaign Period from June 23 to July 15 Fefa2010.wordpress.com 2010-08-21 2013-04-15 in which it cataloged examples of violence against candidates or misuse of government resources. FEFA called on the Afghan government and Afghan and international security forces to take action against individuals perpetrating electoral violations and act decisively to protect voters and candidates and voters ahead of the parliamentary elections. In the report about the launch of the 2010 election campaigns, the FEFA detailed illegal actions of candidates, increasing attacks against candidates and campaign workers, and widespread intimidation of women. Warlords, the Taliban and rival candidates were blamed for the intimidation and already at least eight people had been assassinated in relation to the upcoming elections, including three candidates. According to some candidates the security situation was worse than with the 2009 elections, despite the arrival of the reinforcement of 30,000 American troops. Nader Nadery, Commissioner at the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and director of FEFA, said that there was more intimidation, more attacks on female candidates and other candidates. "Areas in the south are becoming more and more insecure and areas in the north are becoming more and more intimidating for the weaker candidates." According to Mirwais Yasini, former deputy speaker of the Lower House and a candidate in Nangahar Province, in several districts it was impossible to campaign."Fraud and violence expected to mar Afghan parliamentary poll" There were also reports of thousands of fake voter registration cards in circulation that threatened the credibility of elections.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/09/2010915144827556342.html Fake cards imperil Afghan elections - Central & South Asia Al Jazeera English 2013-04-15 Following the 2010 Qur'an-burning controversy, the UN's top diplomat in the country said the ensuing protests could force the delay of parliamentary elections.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/09/2010910144912849393.html Quran burning threat fuels protests - Central & South Asia Al Jazeera English 2013-04-15 Fraud prevention The Independent Election Commission endeavored to prevent the massive fraud that marred 2009's presidential elections, in which one million ballots for President Hamid Karzai were ruled invalid.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8314613.stm South Asia: Karzai 'stripped of outright win' BBC News 2009-10-19 2013-04-15 The IEC sacked 6,000 election workers and tightened the security measures surrounding ballot boxes by introducing a computerized tracking system.New York Times: The Next Afghan Election However, it was expected that fraud would still occur and would be hard to spot, according to election observers Democracy International.http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE6882GH20100909 https://web.archive.org/web/20100909135743/http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE6882GH20100909 dead September 9, 2010 Reuters: Graft hard to spot in Aghan poll: monitor group by Jonathon Burch Ca.reuters.com 2010-09-09 2013-04-15 Conduct On election day, at least fourteen people were killedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11349179 Afghans brave Taliban to vote in parliamentary election BBC News Online 18 September 2010 18 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100918043205/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11349179 18 September 2010 live amid UN and US warnings that security and fraud were major concerns at the election. The Taliban also fired rockets in several cities including Kabul and set off bombs at a polling station and by the governor of Kandahar's convoy.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gdhoo7UgiIsq2XRgOKzNrhKnPASg https://web.archive.org/web/20100919014800/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gdhoo7UgiIsq2XRgOKzNrhKnPASg dead September 19, 2010 AFP: Rebels strike as Afghanistan goes to the polls 2010-09-18 2013-04-15 A Taliban website said that upwards of a hundred attacks had been carried out, though these claims were not confirmed; election authorities, however, said that the elections as a whole had been safe. The organization that monitored the elections, the Free and Fair Elections Foundation, said that "[t]hough there were numerous attacks, none were severe enough to disrupt voting on a wide scale."Afghan Vote Marked by Light Turnout and Deadly Attacks https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/world/asia/19vote.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1284818440-GiXLcXHPoKTPePQMeVaSjg The New York Times 18 September 2010 18 September 2010 Rod Nordland Alissa J. Rubin Alissa J. Rubin Fraud was also a concern, as some people were discovered trying to cast over a thousand illegitimate votes on behalf of candidates. Some officials were accused of taking bribes; and permanent ink was used to mark the fingers of those who had voted so as to identify and prevent multiple votes. The total turnout of voters was estimated to be almost 3.6 million out of a total of more than 10 million eligible voters. The United Nations said that if five million people voted, the vote could be considered a success, given the difficulties of holding an election during a war. The head of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission said that he would consider the election a success if more than three million people voted, a tally that came to pass. Out of a planned 5,816 open voting locations, authorities said that 92% had opened as scheduled, while the remainder had not opened due to security concerns. The turnout was reported to be light due to Taliban threats.https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/world/asia/20afghan.html The New York Times Alissa J. Rubin After Afghan Vote, Complaints of Fraud Surface September 19, 2010 However, the violence was also a lot less than expected. Results On September 26, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) ordered recounts at locations in seven provinces,Afghan election commission orders recounts https://web.archive.org/web/20100929060213/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9IFP7680 September 29, 2010 but left open the possibility of ordering recounts in other provinces. The recounts were ordered in Kunduz, Balkh, Takhar, Badakhshan and Parwan provinces in the north and northeast, Logar and Khost. At least five polling centres in eastern Khost province were declared invalid.January 2011 Preliminary results for all 34 provinces were originally due on October 8, but were unexpectedly put off citing the need to be "more accurate and precise."http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/10/201010182281827619.html Afghan poll results delayed - Central & South Asia Al Jazeera English 2013-04-15 However, they would still be subject to confirmation after the Electoral Complaints Commission adjudicates on its legality. Final, certified results were released on October 31.http://www.iec.org.af/results_10/eng/ IEC - 2010 Wolesi Jirga Elections Results 2010-11-21 2016-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20161001043349/http://www.iec.org.af/results_10/eng/ dead File:Afghanistan House of the People 2010.svg General seats Kuchi seats Independents 3925007 239 105220 10 249 0 186367 10300000 IEC, Election Guide Elected MPs (This list is incomplete) Name Province Number of votes Percentage M/F Incumbency Ethnicity Political party Alhaj Zulmai Mujadadi Badakhshan 16,410 7.1% m incumbent Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Fawzia Koofi Badakhshan 16,192 7.0% f incumbent Tajik Alhaj Safiullah Muslim Badakhshan 8,632 3.7% m new Uzbek Abdul Latif Pedram Badakhshan 8,469 3.7% m new Tajik National Congress (Leader) Amanullah Paiman Badakhshan 8,289 3.6% m incumbent Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Alhaj Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali Badakhshan 8,164 3.5% m new Tajik Muhammad Zekria Soda Badakhshan 7,982 3.5% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Abdul Wali Niazi Badakhshan 7,811 3.4% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Dr. Nilofar Ibrahimi Badakhshan 3,667 1.6% f new Tajik Sayed Muhammad Musa Janab Sahib Badghis 4,593 7.4% m new Hezbi Islami Hajji Ghulam Sarwar Faiez Badghis 3,802 6.1% m new Hazara Alhaj Qazi Abdul Rahim Badghis 3,261 5.3% m new Hazara Safia Aymaq Badghis 2,003 3.2% f new Aymaq Hezbi Islami Sayed Mansoor Naderi Baghlan 7,849 6.5% m incumbent Hazara Hezbe Paiwand Milli (Leader) Obaidullah Rameen Baghlan 5,362 4.4% m new Hazara Shukria Esa Khil Baghlan 5,247 4.3% f incumbent Pasthun Afghan Mellat Party Dr Mahdi Baghlan 5,154 4.2% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Muhammad Azim Muhsini Baghlan 4,551 3.7% m new Hazara Delawar Aymaq Baghlan 3,856 3.2% m new Aymaq Muhammad Zahir Ghani Zada Baghlan 3,080 2.5% m new Tajik Alhaj Ustad Najya Aymaq Baghlan 1,373 1.1% f new Aymaq Ahmad Shah Ramazan Balkh 19,614 7.7% m new Hazara Abas Ibrahim Zada Balkh 18,413 7.2% m new Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Mardum Alhaj Muhammad Ishaq Rahguzar Balkh 17,181 6.8% m incumbent Arab Jamiat-e Islami Alhaj Alam Khan Azadi Balkh 16,820 6.6% m incumbent Arab Assadullah Sharifi Balkh 15,351 6.0% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Alhaj Muhammad Abdah Balkh 14,173 5.6% m incumbent Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Mardum Alhaj Maulawi Abdul Rahman Rahmani Balkh 12,389 4.9% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Muhammad Farhad Azimi Balkh 10,787 4.2% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Sifora Niazai Balkh 4,358 1.7% f incumbent Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Brishna Rabie Balkh 3,229 1.3% f new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Dr. Gulalay Noor Safi Balkh 3,018 1.2% f incumbent Pashtun Colonel Abdul Rahman Shahidani Bamyan 11,993 9.9% m new Hazara Hajji Fakuri Behishti Bamyan 11,824 9.7% m incumbent Hazara Hezbe Eqtedar Milli Ustad Muhammad Akbari Bamyan 10,857 8.9% m incumbent Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Milli Islami (Leader) Safoora Yalkhani Bamyan 5,603 4.6% f incumbent Hazara Muhammad Noor Akbari Daykundi 15,780 10.5% m incumbent Hazara Asadullah Saadati Daykundi 12,742 8.5% m new Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Sadiqi Zada Neli Daykundi 10,592 7.1% m incumbent Hazara Hezbe Eqtedar Milli Sherin Muhseni Daykundi 8,581 5.7% f incumbent Hazara Ustad Humaira Ayubi Farah 3,763 10.0% f new Pashtun Samiullah Samim Farah 3,690 9.8% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Hajji Mammor Mussa Farah 2,642 7.0% m incumbent Pashtun Hezbi Islami Abdul Sabor Khidmat Farah 2,415 6.4% m new Pashtun Alhaj Saranwal Muhammad Sarwar Usmani Farahi Farah 2,223 5.9% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Hajji Muhammad Hashim Faryab 9,299 5.0% m new Pashtun Dr. Naqebullah Fayeq Faryab 7,720 4.1% m new Uzbek Eng. Muhammad Hashim Awartaq Faryab 7,617 4.1% m new Uzbek Bashir Ahmad Tah Yenj Faryab 7,427 4.0% m new Uzbek Alhaj Fathullah Qaisari Faryab 7,221 3.9% m incumbent Uzbek Junbish Milli Muhammad Shakar Kargar Faryab 6,906 3.7% m incumbent Uzbek Junbish Milli Fauzia Raoufi Faryab 2,480 1.3% f incumbent Pashtun Rangina Kargar Faryab 1,573 0.8% f new Uzbek Asifa Shadab Faryab 1,349 0.7% f incumbent Tajik Ali Akbar Qasimi Ghazni 13,855 7.7% m incumbent Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Mardum Muhammad Ali Akhlaqi Ghazni 10,078 5.6% m new Hazara Dr. Shah Jahan Ghazni 9,209 5.1% m new Hazara Muhammad Ali Alizada Ghazni 8,498 4.7% m new Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Mardum Dr. Abdul Qayoom Sajadi Ghazni 6,898 3.9% m new Hazara Ustad Muhammad Arif Rahmani Ghazni 6,864 3.8% m new Hazara Khodadad Erfani Ghazni 6,658 3.7% m new Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Huma Sultani Ghazni 6,238 3.5% f new Hazara Eng. Nafisa Azimi Ghazni 6,228 3.5% f new Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Mardum Chaman Shah Etimadi Ghazni 5,891 3.3% m new Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Shah Gull Rezayee Ghazni 3,679 2.1% f incumbent Hazara Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Malikzad Ghor 18,493 10.5% m incumbent Aymaq Hajji Qurban Kohistnai Ghor 15,698 8.9% m incumbent Hazara Aqay Bahr Ghor 13,385 7.6% m new Hazara Hajji Karamuddin Reza Zada Ghor 12,352 7.0% m new Aymaq Ruqia Naiel Ghor 8,747 5.0% f incumbent Hazara Seema Joyenda Ghor 3,960 2.2% f new Aymaq Shikh Namtullah Ghafari Helmand 3,042 9.1% m incumbent Hazara Hajji Abdul Hay Helmand 2,403 7.2% m new Pashtun Hajji Muhammad Wali Alizai Helmand 1,881 5.7% m new Pashtun Abdul Wudod Helmand 1,847 5.6% m new Pashtun Abdul Jabar Qahraman Helmand 1,773 5.3% m new Pashtun Hezbi Islami Massoud Khan Noorzai Helmand 1,664 4.9% m new Pashtun Nasima Niazai Helmand 1,324 4.0% f incumbent Pashtun Habiba Sadat Helmand 574 1.7% f new Pashtun Ghulam Farooq Majroh Herat 9,524 3.3% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Qazi Nazer Ahmad Hanafi Herat 8,716 3.0% m incumbent Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Ahmad Bihzad Herat 7,733 2.7% m incumbent Hazara Hajji Ghulam Farooq Nazari Herat 7,346 2.6% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Ahmad Farhad Majedi Herat 7,005 2.4% m new Tajik Muhammad Reza Khushak Watan Dost Herat 6,961 2.4% m new Hazara Hajji Muhammad Arif Tayeb Herat 6,106 2.1% m incumbent Aymaq Jamiat-e Islami Hajji Khalil Ahmad Shahed Zada Herat 6,048 2.1% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Abdul Hadi Jamshedi Herat 5,689 2.0% m incumbent Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Dr. Muhammad Salih Saljoqi Herat 5,577 1.9% m incumbent Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Alhaj Eng. Monawar Shah Bahaduri Herat 5,430 1.9% m new Pashtun Alhaj Muhammad Rafiq Shaheer Herat 5,347 1.9% m new Pashtun Nahid Ahamdi Farid Herat 4,042 1.4% f new Shanaz Hemati Herat 3,961 1.4% f incumbent Masooda Karukhi Herat 2,092 0.7% f new Tajik Ustad Najla Dehqan Nazhad Herat 2,041 0.7% f incumbent Pashtun Hezbi Islami Yasamin Barikzai Herat 1,688 0.6% f new Pashtun Hezbe Musharikat Mili Dr. Enayatullah Babur Ferahmand Juzjan 8,137 8.1% m new Uzbek Baz Muhammad Juzjani Juzjan 6,453 6.4% m incumbent Arab Abdul Satar Darzabi Juzjan 5,543 5.5% m incumbent Uzbek Junbish Milli Hajji Muhammad Ismail Juzjan 5,168 5.1% m new Turkmen Fahima Sadat Juzjan 3,058 3.0% f incumbent Tajik Hajji Muhammad Mohaqiq Kabul 16,233 3.6% m new Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Mardum (Leader) Yunus Qanuni Kabul 9,548 2.1% m incumbent Tajik Hezbe Afghanistan Naween (Leader) Dr Ramazan Bashar Dost Kabul 7,935 1.8% m incumbent Hazara Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf Kabul 7,158 1.6% m incumbent Pashtun Hezbe Dawat Islami (Leader) Wakeel Fatima Nazari Kabul 6,834 1.5% m new Hazara Hezbe Niyaaz Milli (Leader) Mir Amanullah Guzar Kabul 6,686 1.5% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Farkhunda Zahra Naderi Kabul 6,612 1.5% f new Hazara Hezbe Paiwand Milli Hajji Muhammad Farhad Seddiqi Kabul 5,128 1.1% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Muhammad Ibrahim Qasemi Kabul 5,014 1.1% m incumbent Hazara Jafar Mahdavi Kabul 5,013 1.1% m new Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Mardum Sayed Hussain Anwari Kabul 4,715 1.1% m new Hazara Hezbe Harakat Islami (Leader) Baktash Siawash Kabul 4,557 1.0% m new Tajik Alhaj Ezatullah Atif Kabul 4,429 1.% m new Arab Alhaj Allah Gull Mujahid Kabul 4,115 0.9% m new Pashtun Hezbi Islami Hajji Muhammad Dawoud Kalakani Kabul 3,926 0.9% m incumbent Tajik Hezbe Dawat Islami Sharifullah Kamawal Kabul 3,876 0.9% m new Pashtun Hezbi Islami Dr Sayed Ali Kazemi Kabul 3,764 0.8% m new Hazara Hezbe Eqtedar Milli (Leader) Qais Hassan Kabul 3,608 0.8% m new Pashtun Hezbi Islami Sayed Hussain Alimi Balkhi Kabul 3,423 0.8% m incumbent Hazara Eng. Shir Wali Wardak Kabul 3,409 0.8% m new Pashtun Hezbi Islami Anwar Khan Oriakhil Kabul 3,200 0.7% m incumbent Pashtun Ramazan Juma Zada Kabul 3,148 0.7% m new Hazara Hezbe Paiwand Milli Shinkai Karokhail Kabul 2,999 0.7% f new Pashtun Arfanullah Arfan Kabul 2,977 0.7% m incumbent Pashtun Hezbi Islami Dr Abdullah Kalimzai Wardak Kabul 2,918 0.7% m new Pashtun Hezbi Islami Ustad Qurban Ali Arfani Kabul 2,905 0.7% m new Hazara Hezbe Wahdat Islami Millat (Leader) Abdul Hafiz Mansoor Kabul 2,903 0.7% m new Tajik Jamiat-e Islami Torpekai Patman Kabul 2,258 0.5% f new Pashtun Shukria Barikzai Kabul 2,174 0.5% f incumbent Pashtun Ustad Rababa Parwani Darwish Kabul 1,309 0.3% f new Hazara General Nazifa Zaki Kabul 1,210 0.3% f new Tajik Kubra Mustafawi Kabul 1,129 0.3% f new Hazara Fawzia Nasir Yar Guldarayee Kabul 1,119 0.3% f incumbent Tajik Turan Sahib Abdul Khaliq Khan Balakarzai Kandahar 5,663 7.5% m new Pashtun Muhammad Naiem Lalay Hamidzai Kandahar 5,435 7.2% m new Pashtun Hajji Muhammad Omar Nangialay Kandahar 4,946 6.6% m new Pashtun Abdul Rahim Ayubi Kandahar 4,859 6.4% m new Pashtun Alhaj Mullah Sayed Muhammad Akhund Kandahar 3,452 4.6% m new Pashtun Dr. Mahmood Khan Kandahar 3,438 4.6% m new Pashtun Khalid Pashtoon Kandahar 3,048 4.0% m incumbent Attaullah Jan Habib Kandahar 3,004 4.0% m new Pashtun Fariba Ahmadi Kakar Kandahar 2,289 3.0% f new Pashtun Bibi Hamida Kandahar 938 1.2% f new Pashtun Shakeeba Hashimi Kandahar 627 0.8% f incumbent Hazara Alhaj Mirdad Khan Nijrabi Kapisa 10,199 22.5% m new Tajik Eng. Muhammad Iqbal Safi Kapisa 6,641 14.7% m incumbent Pashtun Hezbi Islami Hajji Agha Jan Kapisa 3,574 7.9% m new Tajik Hezbi Islami Tahira Mujadidi Kapisa 1,464 3.2% f new Tajik Hezbi Islami Kamal Nasir Usoli Khost 4,921 14.4% m new Pashtun Homayoon Khost 2,839 8.3% m new Alhaj Dr. Mirbat Khan Mangal Khost 2,659 7.8% m new Pashtun Hezbi Islami Leyaqatullah Babakarkhil Khost 2,176 6.4% m incumbent Pashtun Sahira Sharif Khost 2,110 6.2% f incumbent Pashtun Maulawi Shazada Shaid Kunar 8,359 11.8% m incumbent Hajji Sakhi Kunar 6,827 9.7% m new Pashtun Hezbi Islami Hajji Salih Muhammad Kunar 5,853 8.3% m new Pashtun Wagma Sapai Kunar 2,538 3.6% f Pashtun Sources:A very detailed analyze of new parliament by Kabul Center of Strategic Studies https://web.archive.org/web/20110723142745/http://hazara.net/downloads/afghanistan_analysis_of_wolesi_jirga_2010.pdf July 23, 2011 http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/afghanistan/afghanistan2010.txt Adam Carr's Election Archive 2013-04-15http://www.iec.org.af/results_10/eng/winning_candidates.html IEC - 2010 Wolesi Jirga Elections Results 2012-02-04 2015-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032948/http://www.iec.org.af/results_10/eng/winning_candidates.html deadhttp://2010.afghanistanelectiondata.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20101213064852/http://2010.afghanistanelectiondata.org/ dead 2010-12-13 Afghanistan election data 2010.afghanistanelectiondata.org 2010-11-24 2013-04-15 Pre-result reaction President Karzai responded to the allegations, saying "[i]t is early for us to make concrete judgment ... as far as the quality of the election is concerned, and organization, this is too early to judge. The president and government will make judgment after the relevant organisations have concluded their work."https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna39264952 Karzai: Too early to judge Afghan election 2010-09-20 NBC News 2025-05-14 Fraud allegations Additionally, more than 100 complaints of fraud were filed in the first weekend, with another 1,300 complaints submitted orally, though the election commission said that they would not be reviewed unless they were put into writing.Gregg Carlstrom Evan Hill http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/09/2010919103029603662.html Uncertainty ahead in Afghanistan - Central & South Asia Al Jazeera English 2013-04-15 By September 26, 3,460 complaints had been received by the Electoral Complaints Commission.http://www.afghan2010.com/news/afghan-election-process-enters-critical-stage Afghan Election Process Enters Critical Stage Afghan2010.com 2013-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120511043249/http://afghan2010.com/news/afghan-election-process-enters-critical-stage 2012-05-11 dead Many candidates demanded a suspension of the vote because of allegations of fraud and vote-rigging.http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia/2010/11/2010117182520676926.html Calls to annul Afghan polls grow - Asia Al Jazeera English 2013-04-15 The election commission voided more than 20%, or 1.3 million, of the ballots, after fraud investigations.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/10/2010102081458138520.html Afghan officials cancel 1.3m votes - Central & South Asia Al Jazeera English 2013-04-15 Twenty-one elected parliamentarians were also disqualified due to fraud.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/11/20101121151659447105.html Afghan poll candidates disqualified - Central & South Asia Al Jazeera English 2013-04-15 A spokesman of the electoral commission said that 19 of the candidates were winning or leading their races, while two others had failed to win seats.http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/afghanistan.elections/ 21 candidates disqualified from Afghan elections CNN Mati Matiullah 2010-11-21 2010-11-21 Despite ongoing allegations of fraud and disqualifications, Karzai agreed to open parliament if the said controversies were not brought up.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/01/201112362755769742.html Karzai agrees to open parliament - Central & South Asia Al Jazeera English 2013-04-15 On 23 June 2011, a special tribunal led by Sidiquallah Haqiq and set up by Karzai to probe election irregularities declared the election of 62 MPs void and others elected in their stead, about a quarter of the races in the election. The MPs have the right to appeal to the Afghan Supreme Courthttps://www.rferl.org/a/court_annuls_afghan_election_results_over_alleged_fraud/24244009.html Court Scraps Afghan Poll Results Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty On August 21, 2011, The Afghanistan Independent Election Commission announced at a news conference that nine members of Parliament would be removed and that nine candidates, previously disqualified over electoral irregularities, would have their seats restored.https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/world/asia/22afghan.html The New York Times Rod Nordland Afghan Election Panel Remakes Parliament August 21, 2011 Party results Only a minority of candidates contested the election on a party ticket, whilst a number of elected MP's were loosely associated with certain parties. Below is a table detailing the NDI's assessment of formal party strength. Due to the often unclear nature of Afghan party politics the figures given are not exact, and do not include unofficial party supporters, but are instead limited to the candidates who openly declared their party allegiance. File:Wolesi Jirga 2010.svg Jamiat-e Islami 17 People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan 11 National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan 10 Jamhori 9 black Hezbe Wahdat 7 National Islamic Front 6 Afghan Mellat Party 4 Islamic Dawah Organisation 4 National Solidarity Party 4 Islamic Movement 4 Hezbi Islami 1 National United Party 1 Adalat-e Islami 1 National Solidarity Movement 1 Wahdat Islami Millat-e 1 Hezbe Eqtedar Milli 1 Niaz Milli 1 New Afghanistan Party 1 Musharakat-e Milli 1 Republican Party 0 National Democracy Institute References 2 External links Afghan Independent Election Commission Afghan2010.com - an election information website run by Democracy International Category:Elections in Afghanistan Afghanistan Parliamentary election Afghanistan Category:National Assembly (Afghanistan) Afghanistan Category:September 2010 elections