KABUL (PAN): Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has observed as many as 300 complaints regarding the provincial council elections and the observation process would take three more weeks to complete, an official said on Tuesday.
Muhammad Muslim Khuram, a member of the ECC, told Pajhwok Afghan News that they had received a total of 630 complaints from different provinces of the country about irregularities in the elections held on August 20. "Of the total, 300 complaints were assessed to date," he informed.
Without giving details, the official said the 630 complaints also included objections from the aspirants.
The preliminary results from 30 polling stations were announced on September 26 and 27. More than 3300 hopefuls fielded themselves for 320 provincial council seats.
Daud Ali Najafi, secretary of Independent Election Commission (IEC) informed this news agency that the final results would be announced after observation process by the ECC regarding the complaints was completed.
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