Order of presidential candidates on ballot (as of  20190925):

1. Rahmatullah Nabil
2. Syed Noorullah Jalili
3. Faramarz Tamana
4. Shaida Mohammad Abdali, withdrew his candidacy and joined president Ghani’s State-Builder team
5. Ahmad Wali Massoud
6. Nooru Rahman Lewal
7. Mohammad Shahab Hakimi
8. Ashraf Ghani
9. Abdullah Abdullah, Based on a joint statement by Stability and Partnership team and Hizb-i-Wahdat party, Mohaqiq supports Dr. Abdullah Abdullah in the upcoming presidential election.(20190822)
10. Hakim Torsan
11. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
12. Abdul Latif Pedram
13. Noorulhaq Oloomi
14. Ibrahim Alokozay
15. Ghulam Farooq Nejrabi
16. Enayatullah Hafeez
17. Mohammad Haneef Atmar (Mohammad Haneef Atmar, the Peace and Moderation election campaign in a statement on Thursday Aug 8, 2019 suspended its campaign the view of the changing political situation of the country among them the peace process and Afghan government's "extralegal actions" that the campaign believes has raised serious doubts in the legitimacy of the election process.(20190808) Based on a joint statement by Stability and Partnership team and Hizb-i-Wahdat party, Mohaqiq supports Dr. Abdullah Abdullah in the upcoming presidential election.(20190822)
18. Zalmay Rasool (withdrawn and supports Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai) (20190806)
    
    

    According to reports, Zalmay Rassoul has withdrawn from the presidential race and will support Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai during the September 2019 elections. Rassoul had nominated for the presidential elections with Abdul Jabar Taqwa and Ghulam Wahdat being his running mates.(20190806)

Sayed Mansoor Naderi, one of the prominent religious and national figures of Afghanistan and the leader of Paiwand-e Milli Party formally endorsed Abdullah Abdullah for upcoming presidential elections.(20190917)

Below listed Candidates registered to run for president in the 2019 presidential elections in Afghanistan (as of 20190122):

- Mohammad Umer Daudzai, a member of the CPSA leadership (dropped out)

1. Former national security adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar; First Deputy: Qanooni; Second Deputy: Muhaqqiq
2. Abdul Latif Pedram was the first candidate to register his name for the upcoming elections. He has elected Ihsanullah Haidari and Mohammad Sadeq Wardak as his deputies.(20190103)
3. Sayed Noorullah Jalili, Khalil Ruman and Cheragh Ali Cheragh are Jalili’s vice presidents in his electoral ticket.(20190110)
4. Enayatullah Hafiz (Hazara) registered with Janat Gul Khan Fahim who will run as his first and Abdul Jamil Sheriani Sharani as his second deputy presidential candidate.(20190113)
5. Zalmay Rasul (20190113) Zalmay Rasool, along with Abdul Jabbar Taqwa and Ghulam Ali Vahdat, as his first and second vice presidents, went to the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and registered for the presidential election.(20190115).
6. Noorulhaq Olumi (20190116) Bashir Ahmad Bezhan, head of Kabul Attendants, an civil society organization, analyst and journalist in profession, and Mohammad Naeem Ghayur are his running mates.(20190117)
7. Faramarz Tamana (20190113) along with Sayed Qeyas Saeedi and Mohammad Amin Reshadat as his first and second deputy. (20190117)
8. Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (Afghan President). It was rumored Dr. Abdullah Abdullah had reached a deal with Ghani based on which Salahuddin Rabbani would be Ghani’s vice-president and Abdullah would continue as the CEO.(20190108) Current acting Interior Minister Amrullah Saleh will be nominated as Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai's first vice president in the upcoming presidential election. Sarwar Danish will be president Ghani’s first and second VPs in the upcoming presidential election due to be held on July 20, 2019. Suraya Dalil, former minister of public health, is also part of Ghani’s team as the third person, but the sources did not mention what her position will be. The move seems motivated by the wish to expand their appeal by including representatives from, in the case of both Ghani and Atmar, the Turk-tabaran (Turkic) community to join their tickets. (20190119)
9. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar registered his name for the elections in the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) along with Pohandoy Fazal Hadi Wazin Fazl Hadi Wazeen (an Islamic studies researcher and a university lecturer and Qazi Hafiz Ur Rehman Naqi (has worked in the Supreme Court) who are going to run for First and Second Vice President in the elections.(20190119)
10. Former NDS chief Rahmatullah Nabil. It is rumored that Gen. Ali Murad stepped down to join Rahmatullah Nabil’s ticket in the upcoming presidential election.(20190117) Nabil will run for president with former Kabul Garrison Commander Murad Ali Murad and Former Minister of Women’s Affairs Minister Massouda Jalal.
11. Massoud Foundation chief Ahmad Wali Massoud has picked former minister of the higher education Farida Mohmand and Abdul Latif Nazari in his election ticket as his first and second deputies.(20190119)
12.  Muhammad Hakim Torsan (Tursan, 64, was born in Ashuqan-Arifan area of Kabul city. He obtained a Bachelor's degree from Kabul University and pursued education in the intelligence sector in Uzbekistan, Russia and Germany.) Nasrullah Zyarmal, from Zabul province and Dr. Sayed Yasin Halabi, from Maidan Wardak province were his running mates.(20190103)
13. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah (CE0) registered together with Enayat Babur Farahmand, the Chief of Staff of the First Vice President’s Office and Asadullah Saadati as his first and second deputies.(20190119)
14.  Mohammad Ibrahim Alokozai has picked Farida Ghaznawi and as first and second vice-presidents respectively.(20190119)
15.  Noor ur-Rahman Lewal: (Abdul Hadi Hekmat and M. Yahya Ahmadzai)
16.  Shaida M. Abdali: (Basir Salangi and Zulfaqar Omid)
17.  M. Shahab Hakimi: (Noor ul-Habib Hasir and Abdul Ali Sarabi)
18.  Pohand Gholam Farooq Nejrabi: (Sharifullah and Mohammad Sharif)

The Two tickets not registered were: Ahmad Elyas Elyasi, with Abdul Maqsud Hasanzada and Amruddin Fahim as running-mates; and, Ustad Zia ul-Haq Hafizi, with Muhammad Zalmai Afghanyar Popal and Omid Langari as his first and second running-mates

Flash Analysis (20190122)

Although the candidates’ programs are not clear, it is quite obvious which candidate can move forward. Four electoral tickets appear to resist till the election day from among the 18 electoral teams.

1. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai's electoral ticket with Amrullah Saleh as first vice president and Sarwar Danish as second.
2. Hanif Atmar’s team with Yunus Qanooni and Mohammad Mohaqiq.
3. Abdullah Abdullah’s electoral ticket with Babur Farahmand and Asadullah Sa’adati.
4. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s team with Fazal Hadi Wazin as first VP and Hafiz ul-Rahman Naqi as second.

These four electoral tickets have a higher weight than other tickets. Ashraf Ghani is in power. Dr. Abdullah is also part of the power. Mohammad Hanif Atmar is known for managing crises and faces such as Ata Mohammad Noor, Mohammad Ismail Khan, and some other politicians are in his team. But Hekmatyar’s team is completely different. There is no Hazara ethnicity in his electoral ticket. Both of his deputies is an anonymous and religious scholar. According to his acknowledgments, he has not been aligned with any political party and decided to independently nominate himself. Other electoral tickets seem to have entered the race for achieving scores rather than going to the presidential palace (ARG).

Background:
The IEC said that six individuals have received information kits from the commission. Noorul Haq Olomi, a former interior minister, and Anwarul Haq Ahadi, a former finance minister, are among them.(20181222) As many as 75 people, including a woman, have received the presidential election information packages but none has registered their candidacy, said Kobra Razai, deputy spokesman of the IEC. Noorul Haq Ulumi, Anwarul Haq Ahadi, Hakim Torsan, Hedayatullah Hafiz, Hayamuddin Watandost, Noor Rahman Liwal, Zalmai Rassoul, Rahmatullah Nabil, Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Faramarz Tamana, Mohamad Hanif Atmar, Ahmad Wali Massoud, Hekmat Khalil Karzai and some others have received the information packages.(20181231)