Karzai takes lead in Afghan presidential polls
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The incumbent Afghan president HamidKarzai has taken lead in the presidential polls as he had secured 77 percent of the votes counted so far, a spokesman of the joint UN-Afghan election commission said Saturday.
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Hamid Karzai maintained his clear majority in the Afghan presidential elections as the vote count passed 75 percent, according to the official poll website.
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A panel investigating the Afghan presidential elections said Wednesday incumbent President Hamid Karzai won with 55 percent of the vote, the BBC reported.
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KABUL, 23 October 2004 - Hamid Karzai remained on course yesterday to win Afghanistanâs first direct presidential election, but with a quarter of the vote still to be counted, rivals were whittling down his lead to possibly force a run-off.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on course on Tuesday for an outright victory in the country's historic presidential election with almost a quarter of the votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.
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The first results released in Afghanistan's presidential election put President Hamid Karzai in the lead after 7513 votes were counted in the northern province of Kunduz, Afghanistan's electoral commission said.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s vote count has reached 99 percent, with incumbent Hamid Karzai on a landslide 55.3 percent of votes with a 39 percentage point lead over his nearest rival.
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With half the votes counted and interim leader Hamid Karzai still holding a 40-point lead, the race for the Afghan presidency could be virtually decided by late yesterday, a top election official said.
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President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the Afghan election, securing over 55 % and paving for the way for him to become the country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai remains on course to retain his position as counting continues in the country&#39;s first democratic election.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai nudged closer to victory in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential poll with nearly two-thirds of the vote counted, officials said Thursday.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai took an early lead as vote counting began in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election, after allegations of ballot-box stuffing, voter
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count has passed one million ballots with incumbent Hamid Karzai firmly in the lead, according to the electoral commission website.
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Afghanistan&#39;s interim President Hamid Karzai says he hopes the country&#39;s first direct presidential election on October 9 will be decided in the first round.
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Preliminary figures in the Afghan presidential election indicate interim leader Hamid Karzai has won the simple majority needed to avoid a run-off.
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With 99 percent of the votes still to be  counted in Afghanistan's presidential election, incumbent Hamid  Karzai had taken a lead that many observers expect him to  retain right to the end of a marathon count.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Early results show interim Afghan president Hamid Karzai leading in that country&#39;s first free presidential election.