Welcome to Afghan presidential election of 2009 Website
Afghanistan
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Region: Asia & Pacific
President of state: President Hamid KARZAI
Description of government structure:
Assembly: Afghanistan has a bicameral National Assembly
Wolesi Jirga with maximum 249 seats and Meshrano Jirga with 102 seats.
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by direct vote to serve a 5-year term. The President serves as the head of state and the Command-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Afghanistan. He or she is elected by receiving more than 50% of the votes cast through free, general, secret, and direct voting. If none of the candidates for President receive more than 50% of the votes in the first round, a run-off election is held within two weeks. In this round, only two candidates with the highest number of votes are allowed to participate. In the run-off, the candidate who gets the majority of the votes will be elected as the President.
