Ashraf Ghani wins second term as Afghan president

19 Feb 2020

Ashraf Ghani wins second term as Afghan president

Ashraf Ghani wins second term as Afghan presidentWe read about the presidential election being conducted in Afghanistan in September 2019.

The results have finally been declared on 18 February. The country's Election Commission announced that Afghanistan's current President Ashraf Ghani has won a second term.

The Commission said Mr Ghani received 9,23,592 votes or 50.64% of the total votes.
 	His main challenger, the current Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah received 7,20,841 votes or 39.52%.

However, Mr Abdullah has rejected the results and claimed to be the winner.

Mr Ghani's challengers had severely criticised the September elections saying that massive fraud had been committed.

The election result was repeatedly delayed and was supposed to have been announced in November 2019.
 	Mr Abdullah had stopped the vote count in November but allowed it in December.
 	The election itself did not go smoothly as many voters faced technical difficulties with very low voter turnout.

What next for Afghanistan's uncertain political situation?

Mr Ghani and Mr Abdullah are both currently heading a fragile national unity government.
 	The US had pressured the two leaders into forming the unity government after they both claimed victory in Afghanistan’s 2014 elections.
 	Mr Abdullah's non-acceptance of the results could pose difficulties going forward.

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