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On April 26, the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced the preliminary results of the April 5 presidential elections, with Dr Abdullah Abdullah in the lead with 44.9 per cent of the votes, followed by Dr Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai who obtained 31.5 per cent and Dr Zalmai Rassoul with 11.5 per cent. To secure an outright victory, a candidate must win more than 50 per cent of all valid ballots. As of now, it looks nearly improbable for Abdullah Abdullah to get to the 50 per cent mark and a run-off looks imminent, which is likely to take place on May 28.

Afganistán espera este sábado los resultados preliminares de las elecciones presidenciales, tres semanas después de la celebración de los comicios.

Hasta los momentos, los resultados favorecen con el 43,8 por ciento de los votos escrutados al exministro de Exteriores Abdulá a la cabeza, cerca del 50 por ciento de respaldo necesario para poder evitar la celebración de una segunda vuelta.

Los resultados oficiales serán anunciados el próximo 14 de mayo, después de un periodo para la presentación de quejas y reclamaciones.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Ahmed Zia proudly recalled how he voted in the Afghan presidential election on April 5, for the first time in his 18 years.

Then he voted for the second time, a little later that day, casting an illegal additional ballot in the same box. “I was worried that my candidate wouldn’t win,” he said, “because of all the fraud and corruption.”

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced partial results on Sunday with presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in the lead.

IEC Chief Mohammad Yousuf Nuristani announced that Abdullah is in the lead with 44.4 percent, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai trails with 33.2 percent and Zalmai Rassoul with 10.4 percent.

"Today's announcement is not final," Nuristani emphasized. "There will be changes in the results as counting continues."

The partial result consisted of 49.67 percent of votes from 34 provinces, adding up to roughly 3.5 million votes nationwide.