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2020 Ghanaian general election

General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes.[1] Former President John Dramani Mahama announced that he would contest the results.[2] At the Supreme Court, a petition challenging the result was filed on 30 December, and unanimously dismissed on 4 March 2021 for lack of merit.

2020 Ghanaian general election

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Registered17,027,941
Presidential election
Turnout78.89%
 
Nominee Nana Akufo-Addo John Mahama
Party NPP NDC
Popular vote 6,730,587 6,213,182
Percentage 51.30% 47.36%

President before election

Nana Akufo-Addo
NPP

Elected President

Nana Akufo-Addo
NPP

Parliamentary election

All 275 seats in the Parliament of Ghana
138 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
NPP Nana Akufo-Addo 50.42 137 −32
NDC John Mahama 46.20 137 +31
Independents 2.29 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Maps

The NPP lost its majority in the parliament, winning the same number of seats as the opposition NDC, resulting in a hung parliament with a single independent (Andrew Asiamah Amoako) in the position of kingmaker.[3][4]

Electoral system edit

The President of Ghana is elected using the two-round system, whilst the 275 members of Parliament are elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.[5][6]

Eligible voters must be Ghanaian citizens who are at least 18 years old, although those declared insane are disenfranchised. Parliamentary candidates must be Ghanaian citizens at least 18 years old, and either be resident in their constituency or have lived there for at least five of the ten years prior to the election.[7]

Campaign edit

In February 2019, former president John Mahama was confirmed as the candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress.[8] In December, incumbent president Nana Akufo-Addo announced that he intended to run for re-election as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate.[9] In June 2020, the NPP chose Akufo-Addo as its presidential candidate and Mahamudu Bawumia as its vice-presidential candidate. Mahama and Akufo-Addo previously ran against each other in both 2012 (with Mahama winning) and 2016 (with Akufo-Addo winning).[10]

All contesting political parties especially the NPP and NDC campaigned vigorously across the country despite fears that political activities such as rallies could increase the rate of spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic in Ghana.[11]

Following the death of Jerry Rawlings, first president of the Fourth Republic on 12 November 2020,[12] most candidates decided to suspend their campaigns for a week out of respect to his memory.[13][14]

Filing of nomination papers for presidential candidates edit

At the close of the filing of nomination papers for the presidential election on 9 October 2020, seventeen persons had filed papers to stand for the elections.[15] One of those who filed their papers on 5 October 2020 was the incumbent president, Nana Akufo-Addo.[16] Each candidate was expected to pay a fee of GH¢100,000 to the Electoral Commission.[17] Akwasi Addai Odike of the United Progressive Party claimed that there was a conspiracy by the NPP and the Electoral Commission to prevent him from filing his nomination papers. This was promptly denied by the chairman of the NPP, Peter Mac Manu.[18] However, the NDC questioned why presidential candidates were filing nomination papers when the Electoral Commission has not finalised the new voter's register to be used for this election.[19] To the surprise of many[who?], Jacob Osei Yeboah disclosed on 6 October, when he was expected to file his nomination papers, that he would instead be the running mate of Asiedu Walker.[20]

Party Presidential Candidate Date
New Patriotic Party Nana Akufo-Addo[21] 7 October 2020
National Democratic Congress John Mahama[22] 7 October 2020
Independent Asiedu Walker[21] 7 October 2020
Ghana Union Movement Christian Kwabena Andrews[21] 7 October 2020
All People's Congress Hassan Ayariga[23] 8 October 2020
Progressive People's Party Brigitte Dzogbenuku[24] 8 October 2020
Ghana Freedom Party Akua Donkor[25] 8 October 2020
National Democratic Party Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings[26][27] 9 October 2020
Convention People's Party Ivor Greenstreet[28] 9 October 2020
Great Consolidated Popular Party Henry Herbert Lartey[28] 9 October 2020
Independent aMarricke Kofi Gane[28] 9 October 2020
Independent aKofi Koranteng[28] 9 October 2020
United Front Party aNana Agyenim Boateng 9 October 2020
United Progressive Party aAkwasi Addai Odike 9 October 2020
People's Action Party aKwasi Busumbru
Liberal Party of Ghana Kofi Akpaloo 9 October 2020
People's National Convention David Apasera

^a – Disqualified by the Electoral Commission of Ghana

Final list of presidential candidates edit

Following the vetting of their papers, the Electoral Commission announced the final list of presidential candidates on 19 October 2020. Five people had been disqualified from standing for the election as there were various problems with their nomination documents. These include IT issues with their forms and some had been forwarded to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service. Those disqualified include Kofi Koranteng and Marricke Kofi Gane who are both Independent. Akwasi Addae Odike of the United Progressive Party, Nana Agyenim Boateng of the United Front Party and Kwasi Busumbru of the People's Action Party were also not eligible.[29][30][31] On 20 October 2020, the candidates balloted for the order in which they will appear on the ballot paper. The incumbent president, Nana Akufo-Addo will be the first on the list followed by John Mahama, a former president. The full list as on the ballot paper is below.[32][33] Following this, one of the disqualified candidates, Nana Agyenim Boateng, leader of the UFP, took to court to seek redress and prevent the elections from going ahead but the Accra High Court found no grounds to grant this relief.[34]

Party Abbreviation Presidential Candidate Running Mate
New Patriotic Party NPP Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Mahamudu Bawumia[35]
National Democratic Congress NDC John Dramani Mahama Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang[36]
Ghana Union Movement GUM Christian Kwabena Andrews Abu Grant Lukeman[37]
Convention People's Party CPP Ivor Kobina Greenstreet Emmanuel Yaovi Bobobe[38]
Ghana Freedom Party GFP Akua Donkor Ernest Adakabre Frimpong Manso[39]
Great Consolidated Popular Party GCPP Henry Herbert Lartey Andy Bampoe-Sekyi[35]
All People's Congress APC Hassan Ayariga Frank Yaw Kuadey[40]
Liberal Party of Ghana LPG Percival Kofi Akpaloo Margaret Obrine Sarfo[35]
People's National Convention PNC David Asibi Ayindenaba Apasera Divine Ayivor[35]
Progressive People's Party PPP Brigitte Akosua Dzogbenuku Kofi Asamoah-Siaw[41]
National Democratic Party NDP Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings Peter Tennyson Asamoah[35]
Independent Alfred Kwame Asiedu Walker Jacob Osei Yeboah[20]

Violence edit

On 8 December, a day after the elections there were reports of gunshots leading to the arrest of Nii Lante Vanderpuye the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Odododiodio constituency.[42] The Ghana Police reported 5 deaths and 19 injuries during and after the election.[43]

Parliamentary election edit

The Electoral Commission announced that following the creation of the Guan District in the Oti Region through the Guan District Local Government (Guan District Assembly) (Establishment) Instrument, 2020, people in this area will only be able to take part in the presidential election. This is because the Guan constituency had not yet been formally created.[44][45]

Opinion polls edit

Ben Ephson of the Daily Dispatch newspaper conducted polls in the Greater Accra, Central and Western regions. He predicted that Akufo-Addo of the NPP will win the election with 52.6% of the votes while Mahama will obtain 45.7%.[46][47] The Political Science Department of the University of Ghana polled 11,949 respondents and predicted that Akufo-Addo (NPP) will win 51.7% of the vote while Mahama wins 40.4%.[47][48] An iPoll survey of 670 respondents predicted 48.7% of the votes for Mahama and 46.7% for Akufo-Addo implying that the election may go a second round as the winner has to have over 50% of the votes.[49] The Governance Research Bureau predicted that Akufo-Addo will obtain 49.19% of the votes and Mahama 48.27% also implying a second round of elections may be needed.[48]

Results edit

The total number of registered voters was 17,027,655.[50] The Electoral Commission promised to declare the results of the election within 24 hours of the completion of voting.[51] Some leaders of the NDC expressed their doubts about the commission being able to do so within the 24 hours time frame.[52][53] In the late afternoon of 8 December the Electoral commission communicated that the declaration of the votes in 24 hours which was supposed to take place at 5:00 pm which is exactly 24 hours of the closure of the election had been extended. The Commission in a statement explained that the extension was to ensure that collation of results at the constituency and regional collation centres across the country are accurate.[54] On 9 December, incumbent Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo was declared the winner after securing a majority of the votes needed to avoid a runoff.[55]

President edit

The declared results exclude the figures for the Techiman South as the results there are being contested. The Electoral Commissioner states that the results of this constituency alone will not change the outcome of the election.[56] On 10 December 2020, the Electoral Commission issued a statement which revised figures for the presidential election results while admitting that there had been some errors.[57] A research group Research and Grant Institute of Ghana raised concerns about this and the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) urged the commission to come out and clarify the errors properly instead of just issuing press releases.[58][59]

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Nana Akufo-AddoMahamudu BawumiaNew Patriotic Party6,730,58751.30
John MahamaJane Naana Opoku-AgyemangNational Democratic Congress6,213,18247.36
Christian Kwabena AndrewsAbu Grant LukemanGhana Union Movement105,5480.80
Ivor GreenstreetEmmanuel BobobeConvention People's Party12,2000.09
David ApaseraDivine AyivorPeople's National Convention10,8820.08
Asiedu WalkerJacob Osei YeboahIndependent9,7040.07
Kofi AkpalooMargaret Obrine SarfoLiberal Party of Ghana7,6830.06
Hassan AyarigaFrank Yaw KuadeyAll People's Congress7,1380.05
Brigitte DzogbenukuKofi Asamoah-SiawProgressive People's Party6,8490.05
Nana Konadu Agyeman RawlingsPeter Tennyson AsamoahNational Democratic Party6,5490.05
Akua DonkorErnest Adakabre Frimpong MansoGhana Freedom Party5,5740.04
Henry Herbert LarteyAndy Bampoe-SekyiGreat Consolidated Popular Party3,5640.03
Total13,119,460100.00
Valid votes13,119,46097.67
Invalid/blank votes313,3972.33
Total votes13,432,857100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,027,94178.89
Source: Ghana Web

By region edit

Region Akufo-Addo
NPP
Mahama
NDC
Andrews
GUM
Greenstreet
CPP
Donkor
GFP
Lartey
GCPP
Ayariga
APC
Akpaloo
LPG
Apasera
PNC
Dzogbenuku
PPP
Rawlings
NDP
Walker
IND
Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes
Ahafo 145,584 116,485 1,493 194 49 51 150 113 82 52 135 103
Ashanti 1,795,824 653,149 12,564 1,356 593 304 482 712 444 435 476 952
Bono 292,604 203,329 4,514 338 165 132 255 216 209 214 235 374
Bono East 153,341 213,694 2,923 380 143 153 409 304 231 220 210 400
Central 613,804 538,829 15,160 1,117 478 361 468 586 323 1,042 467 804
Eastern 752,061 470,999 9,819 854 379 211 466 510 278 363 358 642
Greater Accra 1,253,179 1,326,489 16,112 1,763 767 231 628 522 401 1,220 685 511
Northern 409,963 476,550 3,184 1,510 394 438 900 1,281 1,209 498 545 1,259
North East 122,742 112,306 952 292 324 198 376 505 579 205 322 322
Oti 103,865 181,021 2,459 265 200 97 195 228 371 240 263 282
Savannah 80,605 144,244 1,409 503 212 185 387 322 344 160 279 435
Upper East 170,340 335,502 3,100 879 832 359 919 868 2,890 685 1,017 1,321
Upper West 121,230 238,972 2,240 640 360 354 487 742 2,794 328 406 1,094
Volta 100,481 606,508 4,679 705 180 158 406 237 220 314 617 442
Western 439,724 398,549 20,638 1,143 379 223 400 367 305 787 417 508
Western North 175,240 196,556 4,302 261 119 109 210 170 202 86 117 255
Total 6,730,587 6,213,182 105,548 12,200 5,574 3,564 7,138 7,683 10,882 6,849 6,549 9,704
Source: Graphic Online Electoral Commission of Ghana

Parliament edit

 
Results of the 2020 Ghanaian parliamentary election by constituency

There has been a long delay in declaring the final result in the parliamentary election. On 14 December, a week after voting was completed, the Electoral Commission announced that it was working on finalising the results for Sene West constituency.[60]

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Patriotic Party6,651,02850.42137–32
National Democratic Congress6,094,47846.20137+31
Ghana Union Movement60,8400.460New
People's National Convention29,2110.2200
Progressive People's Party24,3340.1800
Convention People's Party11,1050.0800
Liberal Party of Ghana7,5210.060New
National Democratic Party6,4210.0500
Great Consolidated Popular Party1,9760.0100
United Progressive Party1,9340.0100
All People's Congress1,2140.0100
Independents301,9962.291+1
Total13,192,058100.002750
Registered voters/turnout17,027,655
Source: ghanaweb.com EC

Seats won by region edit

S/N Region NPP NDC IND Total
1 Ahafo 4 2 6
2 Ashanti 42 4 1 47
3 Bono 6 6 12
4 Bono East 3 8 11
5 Central 10 13 23
6 Eastern 25 8 33
7 Greater Accra 14 20 34
8 Northern 9 9 18
9 North East 4 2 6
10 Oti 0 8 8
11 Savannah 3 4 7
12 Upper East 1 14 15
13 Upper West 3 8 11
14 Volta 1 17 18
15 Western 9 8 17
16 Western North 3 6 9
Total 137 137 1 275
Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana

Petition edit

On 30 December 2020 the NDC filed a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the results.[61] On 4 March 2021 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the petition, stated that it lacked merit.[62][63]

See also edit

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General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020 Incumbent President Nana Akufo Addo of the New Patriotic Party NPP was re elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes 1 Former President John Dramani Mahama announced that he would contest the results 2 At the Supreme Court a petition challenging the result was filed on 30 December and unanimously dismissed on 4 March 2021 for lack of merit 2020 Ghanaian general election 2016 7 December 2020 2024 Registered17 027 941Presidential electionTurnout78 89 Nominee Nana Akufo Addo John MahamaParty NPP NDCPopular vote 6 730 587 6 213 182Percentage 51 30 47 36 President before electionNana Akufo AddoNPP Elected President Nana Akufo AddoNPPParliamentary electionAll 275 seats in the Parliament of Ghana138 seats needed for a majorityParty Leader Seats NPP Nana Akufo Addo 50 42 137 32NDC John Mahama 46 20 137 31Independents 2 29 1 1This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Speaker before Speaker afterAaron Mike OquayeNPP Alban BagbinNDCMapsPresidential election results by constituencyParliamentary election results by constituencyThe NPP lost its majority in the parliament winning the same number of seats as the opposition NDC resulting in a hung parliament with a single independent Andrew Asiamah Amoako in the position of kingmaker 3 4 Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Campaign 2 1 Filing of nomination papers for presidential candidates 2 2 Final list of presidential candidates 2 3 Violence 3 Parliamentary election 4 Opinion polls 5 Results 5 1 President 5 1 1 By region 5 2 Parliament 5 2 1 Seats won by region 5 3 Petition 6 See also 7 ReferencesElectoral system editThe President of Ghana is elected using the two round system whilst the 275 members of Parliament are elected in single member constituencies using first past the post voting 5 6 Eligible voters must be Ghanaian citizens who are at least 18 years old although those declared insane are disenfranchised Parliamentary candidates must be Ghanaian citizens at least 18 years old and either be resident in their constituency or have lived there for at least five of the ten years prior to the election 7 Campaign editIn February 2019 former president John Mahama was confirmed as the candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress 8 In December incumbent president Nana Akufo Addo announced that he intended to run for re election as the New Patriotic Party NPP candidate 9 In June 2020 the NPP chose Akufo Addo as its presidential candidate and Mahamudu Bawumia as its vice presidential candidate Mahama and Akufo Addo previously ran against each other in both 2012 with Mahama winning and 2016 with Akufo Addo winning 10 All contesting political parties especially the NPP and NDC campaigned vigorously across the country despite fears that political activities such as rallies could increase the rate of spread of COVID 19 during the pandemic in Ghana 11 Following the death of Jerry Rawlings first president of the Fourth Republic on 12 November 2020 12 most candidates decided to suspend their campaigns for a week out of respect to his memory 13 14 Filing of nomination papers for presidential candidates edit At the close of the filing of nomination papers for the presidential election on 9 October 2020 seventeen persons had filed papers to stand for the elections 15 One of those who filed their papers on 5 October 2020 was the incumbent president Nana Akufo Addo 16 Each candidate was expected to pay a fee of GH 100 000 to the Electoral Commission 17 Akwasi Addai Odike of the United Progressive Party claimed that there was a conspiracy by the NPP and the Electoral Commission to prevent him from filing his nomination papers This was promptly denied by the chairman of the NPP Peter Mac Manu 18 However the NDC questioned why presidential candidates were filing nomination papers when the Electoral Commission has not finalised the new voter s register to be used for this election 19 To the surprise of many who Jacob Osei Yeboah disclosed on 6 October when he was expected to file his nomination papers that he would instead be the running mate of Asiedu Walker 20 Party Presidential Candidate DateNew Patriotic Party Nana Akufo Addo 21 7 October 2020National Democratic Congress John Mahama 22 7 October 2020Independent Asiedu Walker 21 7 October 2020Ghana Union Movement Christian Kwabena Andrews 21 7 October 2020All People s Congress Hassan Ayariga 23 8 October 2020Progressive People s Party Brigitte Dzogbenuku 24 8 October 2020Ghana Freedom Party Akua Donkor 25 8 October 2020National Democratic Party Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings 26 27 9 October 2020Convention People s Party Ivor Greenstreet 28 9 October 2020Great Consolidated Popular Party Henry Herbert Lartey 28 9 October 2020Independent aMarricke Kofi Gane 28 9 October 2020Independent aKofi Koranteng 28 9 October 2020United Front Party aNana Agyenim Boateng 9 October 2020United Progressive Party aAkwasi Addai Odike 9 October 2020People s Action Party aKwasi BusumbruLiberal Party of Ghana Kofi Akpaloo 9 October 2020People s National Convention David Apasera a Disqualified by the Electoral Commission of Ghana Final list of presidential candidates edit Following the vetting of their papers the Electoral Commission announced the final list of presidential candidates on 19 October 2020 Five people had been disqualified from standing for the election as there were various problems with their nomination documents These include IT issues with their forms and some had been forwarded to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service Those disqualified include Kofi Koranteng and Marricke Kofi Gane who are both Independent Akwasi Addae Odike of the United Progressive Party Nana Agyenim Boateng of the United Front Party and Kwasi Busumbru of the People s Action Party were also not eligible 29 30 31 On 20 October 2020 the candidates balloted for the order in which they will appear on the ballot paper The incumbent president Nana Akufo Addo will be the first on the list followed by John Mahama a former president The full list as on the ballot paper is below 32 33 Following this one of the disqualified candidates Nana Agyenim Boateng leader of the UFP took to court to seek redress and prevent the elections from going ahead but the Accra High Court found no grounds to grant this relief 34 Party Abbreviation Presidential Candidate Running MateNew Patriotic Party NPP Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo Mahamudu Bawumia 35 National Democratic Congress NDC John Dramani Mahama Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang 36 Ghana Union Movement GUM Christian Kwabena Andrews Abu Grant Lukeman 37 Convention People s Party CPP Ivor Kobina Greenstreet Emmanuel Yaovi Bobobe 38 Ghana Freedom Party GFP Akua Donkor Ernest Adakabre Frimpong Manso 39 Great Consolidated Popular Party GCPP Henry Herbert Lartey Andy Bampoe Sekyi 35 All People s Congress APC Hassan Ayariga Frank Yaw Kuadey 40 Liberal Party of Ghana LPG Percival Kofi Akpaloo Margaret Obrine Sarfo 35 People s National Convention PNC David Asibi Ayindenaba Apasera Divine Ayivor 35 Progressive People s Party PPP Brigitte Akosua Dzogbenuku Kofi Asamoah Siaw 41 National Democratic Party NDP Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings Peter Tennyson Asamoah 35 Independent Alfred Kwame Asiedu Walker Jacob Osei Yeboah 20 Violence edit On 8 December a day after the elections there were reports of gunshots leading to the arrest of Nii Lante Vanderpuye the incumbent Member of Parliament MP for the Odododiodio constituency 42 The Ghana Police reported 5 deaths and 19 injuries during and after the election 43 Parliamentary election editThe Electoral Commission announced that following the creation of the Guan District in the Oti Region through the Guan District Local Government Guan District Assembly Establishment Instrument 2020 people in this area will only be able to take part in the presidential election This is because the Guan constituency had not yet been formally created 44 45 Opinion polls editBen Ephson of the Daily Dispatch newspaper conducted polls in the Greater Accra Central and Western regions He predicted that Akufo Addo of the NPP will win the election with 52 6 of the votes while Mahama will obtain 45 7 46 47 The Political Science Department of the University of Ghana polled 11 949 respondents and predicted that Akufo Addo NPP will win 51 7 of the vote while Mahama wins 40 4 47 48 An iPoll survey of 670 respondents predicted 48 7 of the votes for Mahama and 46 7 for Akufo Addo implying that the election may go a second round as the winner has to have over 50 of the votes 49 The Governance Research Bureau predicted that Akufo Addo will obtain 49 19 of the votes and Mahama 48 27 also implying a second round of elections may be needed 48 Results editThe total number of registered voters was 17 027 655 50 The Electoral Commission promised to declare the results of the election within 24 hours of the completion of voting 51 Some leaders of the NDC expressed their doubts about the commission being able to do so within the 24 hours time frame 52 53 In the late afternoon of 8 December the Electoral commission communicated that the declaration of the votes in 24 hours which was supposed to take place at 5 00 pm which is exactly 24 hours of the closure of the election had been extended The Commission in a statement explained that the extension was to ensure that collation of results at the constituency and regional collation centres across the country are accurate 54 On 9 December incumbent Ghana President Nana Akufo Addo was declared the winner after securing a majority of the votes needed to avoid a runoff 55 President edit The declared results exclude the figures for the Techiman South as the results there are being contested The Electoral Commissioner states that the results of this constituency alone will not change the outcome of the election 56 On 10 December 2020 the Electoral Commission issued a statement which revised figures for the presidential election results while admitting that there had been some errors 57 A research group Research and Grant Institute of Ghana raised concerns about this and the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers CODEO urged the commission to come out and clarify the errors properly instead of just issuing press releases 58 59 CandidateRunning matePartyVotes Nana Akufo AddoMahamudu BawumiaNew Patriotic Party6 730 58751 30John MahamaJane Naana Opoku AgyemangNational Democratic Congress6 213 18247 36Christian Kwabena AndrewsAbu Grant LukemanGhana Union Movement105 5480 80Ivor GreenstreetEmmanuel BobobeConvention People s Party12 2000 09David ApaseraDivine AyivorPeople s National Convention10 8820 08Asiedu WalkerJacob Osei YeboahIndependent9 7040 07Kofi AkpalooMargaret Obrine SarfoLiberal Party of Ghana7 6830 06Hassan AyarigaFrank Yaw KuadeyAll People s Congress7 1380 05Brigitte DzogbenukuKofi Asamoah SiawProgressive People s Party6 8490 05Nana Konadu Agyeman RawlingsPeter Tennyson AsamoahNational Democratic Party6 5490 05Akua DonkorErnest Adakabre Frimpong MansoGhana Freedom Party5 5740 04Henry Herbert LarteyAndy Bampoe SekyiGreat Consolidated Popular Party3 5640 03Total13 119 460100 00Valid votes13 119 46097 67Invalid blank votes313 3972 33Total votes13 432 857100 00Registered voters turnout17 027 94178 89Source Ghana WebBy region edit Region Akufo AddoNPP MahamaNDC AndrewsGUM GreenstreetCPP DonkorGFP LarteyGCPP AyarigaAPC AkpalooLPG ApaseraPNC DzogbenukuPPP RawlingsNDP WalkerINDVotes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes VotesAhafo 145 584 116 485 1 493 194 49 51 150 113 82 52 135 103Ashanti 1 795 824 653 149 12 564 1 356 593 304 482 712 444 435 476 952Bono 292 604 203 329 4 514 338 165 132 255 216 209 214 235 374Bono East 153 341 213 694 2 923 380 143 153 409 304 231 220 210 400Central 613 804 538 829 15 160 1 117 478 361 468 586 323 1 042 467 804Eastern 752 061 470 999 9 819 854 379 211 466 510 278 363 358 642Greater Accra 1 253 179 1 326 489 16 112 1 763 767 231 628 522 401 1 220 685 511Northern 409 963 476 550 3 184 1 510 394 438 900 1 281 1 209 498 545 1 259North East 122 742 112 306 952 292 324 198 376 505 579 205 322 322Oti 103 865 181 021 2 459 265 200 97 195 228 371 240 263 282Savannah 80 605 144 244 1 409 503 212 185 387 322 344 160 279 435Upper East 170 340 335 502 3 100 879 832 359 919 868 2 890 685 1 017 1 321Upper West 121 230 238 972 2 240 640 360 354 487 742 2 794 328 406 1 094Volta 100 481 606 508 4 679 705 180 158 406 237 220 314 617 442Western 439 724 398 549 20 638 1 143 379 223 400 367 305 787 417 508Western North 175 240 196 556 4 302 261 119 109 210 170 202 86 117 255Total 6 730 587 6 213 182 105 548 12 200 5 574 3 564 7 138 7 683 10 882 6 849 6 549 9 704Source Graphic Online Electoral Commission of GhanaParliament edit nbsp Results of the 2020 Ghanaian parliamentary election by constituencyThere has been a long delay in declaring the final result in the parliamentary election On 14 December a week after voting was completed the Electoral Commission announced that it was working on finalising the results for Sene West constituency 60 nbsp PartyVotes Seats New Patriotic Party6 651 02850 42137 32National Democratic Congress6 094 47846 20137 31Ghana Union Movement60 8400 460NewPeople s National Convention29 2110 2200Progressive People s Party24 3340 1800Convention People s Party11 1050 0800Liberal Party of Ghana7 5210 060NewNational Democratic Party6 4210 0500Great Consolidated Popular Party1 9760 0100United Progressive Party1 9340 0100All People s Congress1 2140 0100Independents301 9962 291 1Total13 192 058100 002750Registered voters turnout17 027 655 Source ghanaweb com ECSeats won by region edit S N Region NPP NDC IND Total1 Ahafo 4 2 62 Ashanti 42 4 1 473 Bono 6 6 124 Bono East 3 8 115 Central 10 13 236 Eastern 25 8 337 Greater Accra 14 20 348 Northern 9 9 189 North East 4 2 610 Oti 0 8 811 Savannah 3 4 712 Upper East 1 14 1513 Upper West 3 8 1114 Volta 1 17 1815 Western 9 8 1716 Western North 3 6 9Total 137 137 1 275Source Electoral Commission of GhanaPetition edit On 30 December 2020 the NDC filed a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the results 61 On 4 March 2021 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the petition stated that it lacked merit 62 63 See also editList of MPs elected in the 2020 Ghanaian general election List of general elections in GhanaReferences edit Dontoh Ekow Dzawu Moses Mozart 8 December 2020 Ghana s President Akufo Addo Wins Second Term by Slim Margin Bloomberg News Retrieved 8 December 2020 Kokutse Francis 10 December 2020 Ghana s main opposition party will contest election results AP News Retrieved 11 December 2020 Ghana s Hung Parliament Sets President Up for Tough Term Abdulai Abdul Gafaru Sackeyfio Naaborle 2021 The uncertainties of Ghana s 2020 elections African Affairs doi 10 1093 afraf adaa028 Ghana Vote Counting using Majoritatrian and First Past the Post aceproject org Retrieved 7 December 2020 Africa Watch 2020 Is Election Season Across Africa Modern Ghana 13 February 2020 Electoral system IPU Ghana s ex President Mahama nominated to contest 2020 election Reuters 27 February 2019 Akufo Addo announces intention to contest 2020 elections GhanaWeb News 23 December 2019 Ghana s President Akufo Addo chosen by ruling party for poll rematch against Mahama Yahoo News Retrieved 27 June 2020 Fears Grow of Further COVID 19 Spikes Ahead of Ghana s Election Voice of America Retrieved 7 December 2020 Frimpong Enoch Darfah 12 November 2020 Jerry Rawlings Ghana s former president dies aged 73 Graphic Online Graphic Communicatiions Group Ltd Retrieved 25 November 2020 Ghana s president declares seven days of mourning BBC News BBC 12 November 2020 Retrieved 25 November 2020 Korankye Kester Aburam 12 November 202 John Mahama suspends campaign in honour of Rawlings death Graphic Online Accra Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 25 November 2020 17 Presidential aspirants to know their position by Wednesday October 14 ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 12 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Akufo Addo files presidential nomination today ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 6 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Election 2020 Two teams to vet presidential candidates EC ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 6 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 NPP EC are ganging up to kick me out of 2020 presidential race Odike ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 8 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 How can aspirants file nomination without final register NDC quizzes EC ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 5 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 a b Frimpong Enoch Darfah 6 October 2020 Jacob Osei Yeboah pulls Election 2020 surprise Graphic Online Accra Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 20 October 2020 a b c President Walker and Kyiriabosom file nominations ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 7 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 I wanted Mahama to submit the forms himself Jean Mensa ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 7 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Voters register Brace yourself for tough elections Ayariga to Jean Mensa ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 8 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Presidential Aspirants of NDC and PPP file nominations ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 8 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Election 2020 Akua Donkor Adakabre submit nomination forms ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 8 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Ghana is lucky to have Jean Mensa as EC boss Nana Konadu ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 9 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Nana Konadu blames Charlotte Osei for her abysmal performance in 2016 polls ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 9 October 2020 Retrieved 16 October 2020 a b c d Korankye Kester Aburam 9 October 2020 Twelve presidential aspirants file for presidential polls Graphic Online Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 20 October 2020 Korankye Kester Aburam 19 October 2020 EC axes 5 clears 12 presidential candidates to contest 2020 election Graphic Online Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 20 October 2020 Election 2020 12 out of 17 presidential aspirants cleared to contest ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 19 October 2020 Retrieved 20 October 2020 Election 2020 Full list of presidential aspirants who qualify to contest ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 19 October 2020 Retrieved 20 October 2020 Frimpong Enoch Darfah 20 October 2020 Akufo Addo is number 1 Mahama number 2 on 2020 ballot paper Graphic Online Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 20 October 2020 Here are the official ballot positions for presidential candidates ghanaweb com 20 October 2020 Retrieved 20 October 2020 Hawkson Emmanuel Ebo 9 November 2020 Court throws out UFP leaders attempt to halt Dec 7 polls Graphic Online Accra Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 10 November 2020 a b c d e Salia Albert 12 October 2020 Who qualifies to contest Election 2020 EC decides on aspirants tomorrow Graphic Online Accra Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 20 October 2020 Zurek Kweku 6 July 2020 OFFICIAL Mahama selects Prof Naana Opoku Agyemang as running mate Graphic Online Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 20 October 2020 Osofo Kyiri Abosom appoints Alhaji Abu Lukeman as running mate ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 15 August 2020 Retrieved 20 October 2020 CPP s Ivor Greenstreet picks Prof Emmanuel Bobobe as running mate ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 7 October 2020 Retrieved 20 October 2020 Zurek Kweku 8 October 2020 Why I accepted to be Akua Donkor s running mate radio host Adakabre Graphic Online Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 20 October 2020 Hassan Ayariga outdoors running mate launches manifesto ghanaweb com GhanaWeb 3 October 2020 Retrieved 20 October 2020 Tawiah Desmond Kofi 19 October 2020 PPP endorses Asamoah Siaw as running mate Graphic Online Graphic Communications Group Ltd Retrieved 20 October 2020 Odododiodoo MP Nii Lante Vanderpuye arrested Citinewsroom Comprehensive News in Ghana 8 December 2020 Retrieved 8 December 2020 5 dead 19 injured in various electoral disturbances Police MyJoyOnline com Archived from the original on 11 December 2020 Retrieved 9 December 2020 No Parliamentary Election for voters in Guan District EC Graphic Online Graphic Communications Group Ltd 6 December 2020 Retrieved 7 December 2020 No Parliamentary elections at Guan Constituency EC ghanaweb com 7 December 2020 Retrieved 7 December 2020 Akufo Addo could exceed our 52 projection Ben Ephson ghanaweb com 4 December 2020 Retrieved 7 December 2020 a b Election 2020 Ben Ephson predicts 52 6 win for President Akufo Addo 30 11 20 Joy News 1 December 2020 Retrieved 7 December 2020 via YouTube a b Election 2020 New survey projects runoff ghanaweb com 30 November 2020 Retrieved 7 December 2020 December 7 polls will head for a run off Latest iPoll Survey predicts ghanaweb com 30 November 2020 Retrieved 7 December 2020 Electoral Commission Transparency Fairness Integrity Official website Electoral Commission of Ghana Retrieved 9 December 2020 Election 2020 I ll still declare result in 24 hours if I have it EC Boss tells NDC ghanaweb com 30 November 2020 Retrieved 7 December 2020 Don t hastily declare election results within 24 hours after voting NDC warns EC ghanaweb com 25 November 2020 Retrieved 7 December 2020 EC s promise to declare results in 24 hours described as a fallacy ghanaweb com 1 January 1970 Retrieved 7 December 2020 EC extends timeline to declare presidential results MyJoyOnline com Archived from the original on 8 December 2020 Retrieved 8 December 2020 Redation Africa News and Euro News 9 December 2020 Ghana presidential election Nana Akufo Addo declared winner by 51 59 Africa News Retrieved 9 December 2020 FULL TEXT Jean Mensa s declaration of 2020 presidential election results ghanaweb com 9 December 2020 Retrieved 9 December 2020 EC revises disparities in presidential election results ghanaweb com 10 December 2020 Retrieved 10 December 2020 EC s computational errors have tainted the credibility of 2020 polls Research Group ghanaweb com 10 December 2020 Retrieved 16 December 2020 Zurek Kweku 15 December 2020 EC must go beyond passive press releases to address errors CODEO Graphic Online Retrieved 16 December 2020 We re finalizing processes to declare Sene West election results EC ghanaweb com 15 December 2020 Retrieved 16 December 2020 Ghana opposition seeks to overturn Akufo Addo s election win Deutsche Welle Retrieved 31 December 2020 Supreme Court fixes March 4 as judgement day for 2020 election petition Graphic Online Retrieved 21 May 2021 Frimpong Enoch Darfah 5 March 2021 Why the Supreme Court dismissed Mahama s 2020 presidential election petition FULL JUDGMENT Graphic Online Retrieved 11 November 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 Ghanaian general election amp oldid 1204188124, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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