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The results for Ablekuma North, Dome-Kwabenya, Okaikwei Central, Tema Central, all in the Greater Accra region were yet to be collated. In the Ashanti Region, results were still pending for Ahafo Ano North, Ahafo Ano South West, Obuasi East. In the Bono East Region results were still pending for Techiman South.
Results for a number of constituencies were disputed leading to some cases ending up in court. Most of these were sorted with the exception of Techiman South which was resolved by the Electoral Commission days before the inauguration of parliament. [5] Results for the Ablekuma North constituency were not resolved prior to the inauguration. [6]
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. [55] 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. [56]
John Atta Mills won after a second round of voting, winning 50.23 per cent of the votes. His party, the NDC, won 116 of the 230 seats. [23] Unfortunately, Mills died during on 24 July 2012, less than five months before the 2012 Ghanaian general election. [24] [25] John Mahama, the Vice-President of Ghana was sworn in as president on the same ...
Assin North - On 13 April 2022, the Supreme Court of Ghana ruled by a 5-2 majority decision that James Gyakye Quayson could not continue to sit in the house as MP for Assin North. This was after he had appealed a Cape Coast High Court ruling that had nullified his election and ordered a by-election following a petition.
The opposition alleged tampering with results by the Electoral Commission (EC), [5] and filed a petition at the Ghanaian Supreme Court to review the election results. The NPP produced more than 11,000 so-called "pink sheets" to the judges who had to compare them to similar papers from the EC, NDC and possibly other parties.
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The election results were announced on 9 December 2016 due to a delay of voting in two areas. At 19:51 local time, Mahama called Akufo-Addo to concede defeat. At 20:45, the Electoral Commission declared that Akufo-Addo had defeated Mahama in a single round. It was the first time in Ghana's history that a sitting president had been defeated for ...