Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 13 May 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest estimate is of the number and percentage of registered voters for the pending national election in each province of Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
According to the Afghanistan Joint Electoral Monitoring Body, as of
Regional breakdown | Number |
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Central | 837,650 |
East | 299,416 |
North East | 150,790 |
South East | 49,844 |
Central Highlands | 46,576 |
North | 212,568 |
South | 143,846 |
West | 292,878 |
Phase I of voter registration (in Kabul and regional centres) has been completed. Phase II (designed to reach more rural areas) was launched on
The UK is committed to supporting the electoral process. Last year we contributed £10.55 million to support election registration. We have pledged a further £0.5 million for voter education and £2.77 million to support preparations for the elections themselves.
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