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| Latest results from Afghanistan's presidential election show President Hamid Karzai with 54.1% of the vote after 92% of polling stations declared. | Latest results from Afghanistan's presidential election show President Hamid Karzai with 54.1% of the vote after 92% of polling stations declared. |
| The result pushes President Karzai past the 50% threshold needed to avoid a run-off with rival Abdullah Abdullah. | The result pushes President Karzai past the 50% threshold needed to avoid a run-off with rival Abdullah Abdullah. |
| But the result was thrown into doubt by the UN-backed election complaints commission ordering a number of recounts and audits of votes. | |
| It warned that it had found "clear and convincing evidence of fraud". | It warned that it had found "clear and convincing evidence of fraud". |
| The 20 August election has been overshadowed by claims of mass fraud and ballot-box stuffing against all the main candidates. | The 20 August election has been overshadowed by claims of mass fraud and ballot-box stuffing against all the main candidates. |
| A credible election result was seen as a key objective for the West, as it continues its campaign against the Taliban. | A credible election result was seen as a key objective for the West, as it continues its campaign against the Taliban. |
| Announcing the latest results on Tuesday, the independent election commission (IEC) said Abdullah Abdullah had 28.3% of the vote. | |
| It said it had set aside results from 600 polling stations where it suspects irregularities. | |
| Re-count call | |
| Earlier, the complaints commission (ECC) said a re-count and inspection should be done for any polling station where 600 or more votes were cast, or where any single candidate got more than 95% of votes. | Earlier, the complaints commission (ECC) said a re-count and inspection should be done for any polling station where 600 or more votes were cast, or where any single candidate got more than 95% of votes. |
| Grant Kippen, chairman of the complaints commission, said it was not known how many polling stations this would involve. | Grant Kippen, chairman of the complaints commission, said it was not known how many polling stations this would involve. |
| Results from a number of them had shown President Karzai as having won 100% of the vote. | |
| The election results have been released piecemeal by the IEC. | |
| The last figures, released on Sunday, gave President Karzai 48.6% of the vote against 31.7% for Abdullah Abdullah. |