DEMOCRATIC ELECTION PROCESS IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT – COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE PRESIDENTIAL &PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

Authors: Abdullah Saeed
UDC 321.02

Abstract. In Afghanistan, day to a day power struggle, rampant corruption, and numerous
challenges increased and affected National Unity Government. The survival of the country was
managed with the help of International Assistance. Afghanistan Analyst Network reports that
mismanagement and electrical fraud exist in the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2018 and 2019.Two parties in Afghanistan had created continuous political tension in the country. In several
ways, the government of Afghanistan suffered due to violence and insecurity problems. The sociopolitical management was of the country not focused on efficiently maintaining security problems.
Additionally, due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, ninety per cent of the Afghan
people were suffering from economic, environmental crises and insecurity problems. The
parliamentary election scheduled after the first election in 2004 led to several challenges due to slow
preparations. The people of Afghans prefer to have a strong government was the lesson learnt by the
presidential election in Afghanistan. The irregularities and fraud reveal the different types of voting
patterns. The challenges of a presidential election in Afghanistan based on the voter turnout were
examined in this study. The post-conflict state of the country caused the increase or decrease in voter
turnout in Afghanistan. The change in the socio-political and economic, and security situation of the
country was analyzed during the presidential and parliamentary elections. Parliamentary chambers of
Afghanistan held over various years were analyzed based on the number of registered voters, ballots
and valid votes.

Keywords: parliament, presidential elections, Afghan population, economic situation,
government, corruption.