Important dates & countdown

There are 2009-08-20 00:00:00 GMT+04:30 remaining until the Presidential Election this August.

Key dates for the 2009 Afghanistan Presidential Elections

Date Activities
18-24 April Launch of candidate registration process.
25 April – 8 May Nomination of candidates.
9-15 May Preparation of preliminary candidate list.
16-21 May Display of preliminary candidate list and challenges and corrections to the preliminary list.
16 May – 8 June Possible complaints will be adjudicated by The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC).
9 June Final information regarding complaints and objections on ineligibility of candidates will be presented by the ECC.
12 June List of final candidates published.
16 June – 17 August Campaign period.
20 August Polling day.
20 Aug – 2 Sept Counting results will be delivered from polling stations to centre and delivered to Kabul.
3-16 September Preliminary results.
17 September Certification and declaration of final results.
17 September Announcement of date for presidential run-off, if required.

"Islam is the backbone of our society, without Islam we cannot creat socio-political consensus." Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai