To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of the (a) number of those eligible to vote and (b) level of turnout in each district of Helmand province in the recent Presidential elections in Afghanistan. (295622)

460,811 people registered to vote in Helmand in 2004 and 156,662 in 2008. Holders of voter registration cards from both 2004 and 2008 were eligible to vote in the 2009 elections.

The final certified numbers of votes in the first round of the presidential elections, following the completion of the election audit process by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), for each Helmand district are as follows:

Lashkar Gah—28,992

NahriSaraj—16,895

Nad-e-Ali—3,374

Sangin—399

Kajaki—313

Musa Qala—4,580

Nowzad—0

Nawa—2,612

Garmsir—4,528

Khaneshin—260

Vashir—2,563

The number of votes for each district was reduced after the IEC and ECC completed their process to exclude fraudulent votes (on 19 October 2009).