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Ghanaian General Election - Presidential, 2016

Election Date: December 7, 2016

General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2016 to elect a President and Members of Parliament. They had originally been scheduled for 7 November 2016, but the date was later rejected by Parliament. Former foreign minister Nana Akufo-Addo of the opposition New Patriotic Party was elected President on his third attempt, defeating incumbent President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress.


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, the first time that a sitting president of Ghana had failed to win a second term.


Source: Wikipedia - 2016 Ghanaian general election

Office

Ghana President
Candidate Party Vote Elected
Nana Akufo-Addo New Patriotic Party 5,755,758
John Dramani Mahama National Democratic Congress 4,771,188
Paa Kwesi Nduom Progressive People's Party 106,092
Ivor Greenstreet Convention People's Party 25,552
Edward Mahama People's National Convention 22,214
Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings National Democratic Party 16,935
Jacob Osei Yeboah 15,911
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