2010 Wolesi Jirga Candidate List

This dataset, attached as a downloadable spreadsheet file below [1] and also viewable in national overview and by province, analyzes the registered candidates contesting Afghanistan's 2010 elections for the lower house of parliament, the Wolesi Jirga.

It reflects candidate totals as of August 31, 2010; note that some candidates may have subsequently been de-listed by the Afghan Electoral Complaints Commission [2]. "Original party affiliation" figures represent party-affiliated candidates who registered to contest the elections in May 2010; "final party affiliated" figures represent those whose party affiliations that will appear on the printed ballot, as only five parties met the Independent Election Commission [3]'s criteria to be listed alongside their candidates at the time of ballot printing.

Additionally, English-language translations of the final Wolesi Jirga candidate list for Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections are on their respective province pages. The accuracy of these translations have been confirmed by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission [3].

National Overview
Badakshan [4]	Badghis [5]	Baghlan [6]	Balkh [7]	Bamiyan [8]
Daikondi [9]	Farah [10]	Faryab [11]	Ghazni [12]	Ghor [13]
Helmand [14]	Herat [15]	Juzjan [16]	Kabul [17]	Kandahar [18]
Kapisa [19]	Khost [20]	Kunar [21]	Kunduz [22]	Laghman [23]
Logar [24]	Nangerhar [25]	Nimroz [26]	Nuristan [27]	Paktia [28]
Paktika [29]	Panjshir [30]	Parwan [31]	Samangan [32]	Sar-i-Pul [33]
Takhar [34]	Urozgan [35]	Wardak [36]	Zabul [37]	Kuchi [38]

Analysis of Candidate List for 2010 Wolesi Jirga Elections
34 Provinces + Nomads: 2545 Total Candidates
Independent Candidates		Original Party Affiliated	Final Party Affiliated	Male Candidates	Female Candidates	Allocation of Seats: 249		Candidates/Seats
						Male	Female	Male	Female
2513 (98.74%)		224	32 (1.25%)	2145 (84.28%)	400 (15.71%)	181	68	8%	17%
Candidates Affiliated with Political Parties
No	Political Party					Number of Candidates
1	Hizb -e- Junbish Melli Islami Afghanistan (National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan)					66
2	Hizb -e- Wahdat Islami Mardum Afghanistan (Islamic Unity Party of the People of Afghanistan)					33
3	Hizb -e- Wahdat Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan)					19 (0.74%)
4	Hizb -e- Harakat Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Movement of Afghanistan)					15
5	Heb -e- Mahaz Melli Islami Afghanistan (National Islamic Front of Afghanistan)					13
6	Hizb -e- Jamhori Khuwahan Afghanistan (Republican Party)					8
7	Tanzim -e- Dawat Islami Afghanistan (Afghanistan's Islamic Mission Organization)					7
8	Hizb -e- Musharikat Melli Afghanistan (National Communion Party of Afghanistan)					8 (0.31%)
9	Jami'at-e Islami-ye Afghanistan (Islamic Society of Afghanistan)					4
10	Hizb -e- Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Party of Afghanistan)					6
11	Afghan Milat (Afghan Social Democratic Party)					5
12	Hizb -e- Insejam Melli Afghanistan (National Solidarity party of Afghanistan)					5
13	Nahzat -e- Aqwami Tafahum Melli Afghanistan (National Movement of Understanding of Ethnicities of Afghanistan)					4
14	Jabha -e- Nejat Melli (National Salvation Party of Afghanistan)					3
15	Hizb-e Paiwand-e Melli-ye Afghanistan (National Solidarity Party of Afghanistan)					2 (0.078%)
16	Majmah-e Melli-ye Fahalin-e Sulh-e Afghanistan (Afghanistan Peace and National Welfare Activists Society)					1
17	Hizb-e-Democrat-e-Afghanistan (Democratic Party of Afghanistan)					2
18	Hizb -e- Mutahid Melli Afghanistan (United National Party of Afghanistan)					2 (0.078%)
19	Hizb -e- Sulh Melli Islami Afghanistan (National Peace Islamic Party of Afghanistan)					2
20	Hizb-e Kongra-ye Melli-ye Afghanistan (National Congress Party of Afghanistan)					2
21	Tahrik -e- Wahdat ul Muslimeen Afghanistan (The Afghanistan’s Islamic Unity Movement)					3
22	Hizb-e-Iqtedar Melli (National Sovereignty Party)					1
23	Hizb -e- Tafahum wa Democracy Afghanistan (Understanding and Democracy Party of Afghanistan)					1
24	Hizb-e Hambastagi-ye Melli-ye Afghansiatan (National Solidarity Party of Afghanistan)					1 (0.039%)
25	Hizb -e- Melli Watan (National Country Party)					1
26	Nahzati Madani Afghanistan (Social Movement of Afghanistan)					1
27	Hizb-e Refah-e Melli (National Prosperity Party)					1
28	Jirga Ananwe Islahi Mardum Afghanistan (Cultural Reform Council of the People of Afghanistan)					1
29	Hizb -e- Adalat Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Justice Party of Afghanistan)					1
20	Hizb -e- Liberal Afghanistan (Liberal Party of Afghanistan)					1
31	Hizb -e- Islami Mutahid Afghanistan (United Islamic Party of Afghanistan)					1
32	Hizb-e Kar wa Tawse'a-e Afghanistan (Labor and Progress of Afghanistan Party)					1
33	Hizb -e- Melli Mutaraqi Afghan Milat					1
34	Da Afghanistan Mujahid Woles Yaowaali Islami Tahreek (The Afghanistan’s Mujahid Nation’s Islamic Unity Movement)					1
35	Hizb -e- Inqilabi Mardum Afghanistan (Afghanistan People’s Revelatory Party)					1
						32 Total Candidates

2010-0831-DI-WJ Candidates Analysis.xls [39]

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