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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]
March 4 – Creation of OmniBSIC Bank Ghana Limited. [1] December 7 – 2020 Ghanaian general election: won by Nana Akufo-Addo with 51.59% of the vote. [2] December 29 – The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will contest the December 7 election result. [2] [3]
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]
Mahama, 66, who served as Ghana's president from 2012 to 2016. ... The result of Ghana's general election is another blow to a ruling party in a region where voters, hit by economic hardship, high ...
Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat a day after a tense presidential election, marking a historic political comeback for the opposition candidate, former leader John Mahama.
The presidential election is won by having more than 50% of valid votes cast, [3] whilst the parliamentary elections is won by simple majority, and, as is predicted by Duverger's law, the voting system has encouraged Ghanaian politics into a two-party system, creating extreme difficulty for anybody attempting to achieve electoral success under any banner other than those of the two dominant ...
The former president set to lead Ghana once more. ... yet to announce the official results. The 65-year-old led Ghana from 2012 to 2017 and is one of the West African country's most experienced ...
Results of the 2020 Ghanaian parliamentary election by constituency. Of the 275 seats declared so far, 128 of the parliamentarians are new entrants into parliament while 147 are returning members from the 8th parliament. Results for a number of constituencies were disputed leading to some cases ending up in court.