Early results show Karzai victory
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Preliminary figures in the Afghan poll suggest interim Hamid Karzai has won enough votes to be elected.
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Hamid Karzai clinched a majority of the votes cast in Afghanistan's first presidential election, near-complete results showed Sunday, leaving him all but certain of becoming his war-wrecked nation's first democratically elected leader.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Preliminary results from Afghanistan&#39;s landmark elections show President Hamid Karzai well ahead of his rivals and on course to become the country&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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Afghanistan&#39;s interim President Hamid Karzai is winning 55.4 percent of the vote in the country&#39;s first presidential election as counting nears an end, the United Nations said on its Web site.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Early results yesterday showed interim leader Hamid Karzai far ahead of his chief rivals in Afghanistan's first democratic presidential election after a quarter-century of war.
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Hamid Karzai has been officially named winner of the Afghan election, becoming the country&#39;s first leader to be elected by the people and putting him in a strong position for a confrontation
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President Hamid Karzai clinched victory  in Afghanistan's historic presidential poll as his main rival  conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the  final votes on Monday.
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Incumbent Hamid Karzai is the official winner of last month&#39;s historic Afghan presidential election, the body organizing the vote said on Wednesday.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on course on Tuesday for an outright victory in the country&#39;s historic presidential election with almost a quarter of the votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.
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Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai has an overall majority in the country&#39;s presidential election, winning 4.2 million of the estimated 8 million votes, according to incomplete results on the election Web site.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said Tuesday, after early returns gave him a commanding advantage.
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Hamid Karzai was assured of a majority in Afghanistanâs election to become its first democratically chosen president. With nearly 95 per cent of votes counted, the interim leader already has more than half
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is maintaining his early lead in the country&#39;s election for head of state with just over eight percent of the vote counted.
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The latest official preliminary results from Afghanistan&#39;s 9 October 9 presidential election show transitional leader Hamid Karzai has won the clear majority needed for an outright first-round victory.
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KABUL: Interim leader Hamid Karzai has won the required number of votes for outright victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election, his supporters and his chief rival said Sunday.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai moved closer to winning his country's first presidential election, taking a substantial lead over his nearest rival with more than 60 percent of votes counted, according to official results.
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Early returns Friday from Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election put incumbent President Hamid Karzai in the lead, the Financial Times reported Friday.