Den oprindelige dato for valget var den 5. juli 2004, det blev senere ændret først til september, og derefter til oktober.
Valget endte med, at Hamid Karzai blev valgt til Afghanistans præsident for en femårig periode, som sluttede i oktober 2009. Hamid Karzai vandt igen valget i 2009 og kunne derved begynde sin anden embedsperiode.
^Andrew North (2004-07-24). "Afghan candidate list published". BBC News. Hentet 2010-01-25. Zakim Shah, the chairman of the joint electoral management body, said 23 people had met the Monday deadline to register for the October poll.
^"Afghan presidential poll on October 9". Daily Times (Pakistan). 2004-07-10. Hentet 2010-01-25. But parliamentary polls, which were meant to have been held at the same time, will be delayed until April, Zakim Shah, the chairman of the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB), said in an announcement on state-run Kabul TV.