2005 Afghan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan alongside provincial elections on 18 September 2005. Former warlords and their followers gained the majority of seats in both the lower house and the provincial council (which elects the members of the upper house). Women won 28% of the seats in the lower house, six more than the 25% guaranteed in the 2004 constitution.

2005 Afghan parliamentary election

18 September 2005

All 249 seats in the House of the People
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Abdul Rashid Dostum Burhanuddin Rabbani Yunus Qanuni
Party Junbish Jamiat-e Islami Naveen
Seats won 33 22 13

Elected Speaker

Yunus Qanuni
Naveen

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