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The 2024 Ghanaian general election took place on 7 December 2024 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 9th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. [1] [2] The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though must be qualified to stand for election as such. There are a total of 276 constituencies in Ghana. The 9th Parliament first convened ...
The order of candidates on the ballot paper was determined by a ballot conducted by the Electoral Commission on 20 September 2024. [68] [69] On 28 October 2024, Akua Donkor, the presidential candidate for the Ghana Freedom Party, died after a sudden illness. [70] [71] The GFP was given ten days to nominate a replacement for Akua Donkor. They ...
No elections yet Ashanti ADANSI ASOKWA No elections yet Ashanti OBUASI WEST FAUSTILOVE APPIAH KANNIN ELECTED Ashanti OBUASI EAST SAMUEL ABOAGYE UNOPPOSED Ashanti BEKWAI SAMUEL PREMPEH JNR UNOPPOSED Ashanti BOSOME FREHO APPIAH-KUBI CHARLES UNOPPOSED Ashanti ODOTOBRI EMMANUEL OBENG-AGYEMANG ELECTED Ashanti MANSO NKWANTA SAMUEL ADJEI ELECTED Ashanti
7 April 2009 - Edward Salia NDC died after a period of illness necessitating the by-election. [3] Dr. Francis Bawaana Dakurah of the NDC won the seat with a majority of 9,337 (59.0%) beating the NPP candidate and immediate past District Chief Executive, Justin Bayelah Dakurah to second place.
A District Chief Executive (DCE) is an appointed public servant who heads a district in Ghana. It is an official and nationally recognized position and is similar to that of a mayor of a city in other countries. The responsibilities and duties of a district chief executive are enshrined in the Constitution of Ghana. [1]
This is a list of the 276 constituencies in Ghana. They will be contested in the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, from December 2024. There were 275 constituencies at the time of the 2020 Ghanaian general election. [1] One more constituency, Guan, was added in 2023 and was contested for the first time in the 2024 Ghanaian general election.
Ahead of Ghana becoming a republic, the first presidential election was held on 27 April 1960. Nkrumah won 89 per cent of the vote and was subsequently declared President for life. [10] [16] In the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election, all the CPP candidates were elected unopposed due to the one-party state system in place at the time. [17]
Betino was formerly the District Chief Executive for the Suaman Constituency. [1] He contested and won the NDC Parliamentary Primaries at Suaman Constituency to become the party's candidate for the December 2020 election. [3] He pulled 8900 votes representing 51.2% of the total vote to win. [4]