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| Abdullah Abdullah leads Afghanistan poll count | Abdullah Abdullah leads Afghanistan poll count |
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| Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah remains the frontrunner with 80% of votes counted, officials say. | Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah remains the frontrunner with 80% of votes counted, officials say. |
| Dr Abdullah has 43.8% of ballots cast, followed by Ashraf Ghani with 32.9%, according to the Independent Election Commission (IEC). | Dr Abdullah has 43.8% of ballots cast, followed by Ashraf Ghani with 32.9%, according to the Independent Election Commission (IEC). |
| The IEC said the preliminary results suggested it was unlikely there would be an outright winner and that a run-off vote would be held on 28 May. | |
| About seven million people voted across the 34 provinces in the 5 April poll. | |
| The next president will face several challenging issues, including the expected withdrawal of foreign combat troops from Afghanistan later this year and ongoing attacks by the Taliban. | The next president will face several challenging issues, including the expected withdrawal of foreign combat troops from Afghanistan later this year and ongoing attacks by the Taliban. |
| The Independent Election Commission said the preliminary results were based on nearly 82.6% of the vote from the 34 provinces. | |
| The final results are due on 14 May. | |
| In order to win outright, a candidate must secure more than half of valid ballots. If that does not happen, the top two candidates face a run-off. | |
| "With the 17.5% of the votes that are going to be counted, it is doubtful that anyone will win in the first round," IEC chairman Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani told a news conference in Kabul. | |
| Millions of Afghans defied Taliban threats to take part in the vote. | |
| Turnout was double that of the last presidential election in 2009, despite a number of deadly attacks in the run-up and a cold, rainy polling day. | |
| Analysts say Dr Abdullah fought a polished campaign, while Mr Ghani drew strong support among the new urban youth vote. | |
| Although there were more than 100 violent incidents connected to the poll on election day, none stopped the election. |