2020 Ghanaian general election

Ghana hold general elections on 7 December 2020. Incumbent Presido Nana Akufo-Addo of de New Patriotic Party (NPP) dem re-elect insyd de first round after securing majority for votes.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. Former Presido John Dramani Mahama come announce that he go contest de results.Kokutse, Francis (10 December 2020). "Ghana's main opposition party will contest election results". AP News. Retrieved 11 December 2020. At de Supreme Court, petition wey dey challenge de result dem file on 30 December, den unanimously dismissed on 4 March 2021 for lack of merit.

De NPP lost ein majority insyd de parliament, winning de same number of seats as dema opposition NDC, wey dey result insyd hung parliament plus single independent (Andrew Asiamah Amoako) insyd de position of kingmaker.Ghana’s Hung Parliament Sets President Up for Tough TermAbdulai, Abdul-Gafaru; Sackeyfio, Naaborle (2021). "The uncertainties of Ghana's 2020 elections". African Affairs. doi:10.1093/afraf/adaa028.

 Electoral system 
Dem dey elect de President of Ghana wey dem dey use two-round system, whilst dem dey elect de 275 members of Parliament insyd single-member constituencies wey dem dey use first-past-de-post voting."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.

Eligible voters for be Ghanaian citizens wey be at least 18 years old, although those dem declare insane be disenfranchised. Parliamentary candidates for be Ghanaian citizens at least 21 years old, den either be resident for dema constituency insyd anaa dem live for der for at least five of de ten years prior to de election.Electoral system IPU

 Campaign 
Filing of nomination papers give presidential candidates
PartyPresidential CandidateDateNew Patriotic PartyNana Akufo-Addo7 October 2020National Democratic CongressJohn Mahama7 October 2020IndependentAsiedu Walker7 October 2020Ghana Union MovementChristian Kwabena Andrews7 October 2020All People's CongressHassan Ayariga8 October 2020Progressive People's PartyBrigitte Dzogbenuku8 October 2020Ghana Freedom PartyAkua Donkor8 October 2020National Democratic PartyNana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings9 October 2020Convention People's PartyIvor Greenstreet9 October 2020Great Consolidated Popular PartyHenry Herbert Lartey9 October 2020IndependentMarricke Kofi Gane9 October 2020IndependentKofi Koranteng9 October 2020United Front PartyNana Agyenim Boateng9 October 2020United Progressive PartyAkwasi Addai Odike9 October 2020People's Action PartyKwasi BusumbruLiberal Party of GhanaKofi Akpaloo9 October 2020People's National ConventionDavid Apasera
Final list of presidential candidates
PartyAbbreviationPresidential CandidateRunning MateNew Patriotic PartyNPPNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoMahamudu BawumiaNational Democratic CongressNDCJohn Dramani MahamaJane Naana Opoku-AgyemangGhana Union MovementGUMChristian Kwabena AndrewsAbu Grant LukemanConvention People's PartyCPPIvor Kobina GreenstreetEmmanuel Yaovi BobobeGhana Freedom PartyGFPAkua DonkorErnest Adakabre Frimpong MansoGreat Consolidated Popular PartyGCPPHenry Herbert LarteyAndy Bampoe-SekyiAll People's CongressAPCHassan AyarigaFrank Yaw KuadeyLiberal Party of GhanaLPGPercival Kofi AkpalooMargaret Obrine SarfoPeople's National ConventionPNCDavid Asibi Ayindenaba ApaseraDivine AyivorProgressive People's PartyPPPBrigitte Akosua DzogbenukuKofi Asamoah-SiawNational Democratic PartyNDPNana Konadu Agyeman RawlingsPeter Tennyson AsamoahIndependentAlfred Kwame Asiedu WalkerJacob Osei Yeboah

 Results 
+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 Web

 By region 
RegionAkufo-Addo
NPPMahama
NDCAndrews
GUMGreenstreet
CPPDonkor
GFPLartey
GCPPAyariga
APCAkpaloo
LPGApasera
PNCDzogbenuku
PPPRawlings
NDPWalker
INDVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesAhafo145,584116,4851,49319449511501138252135103Ashanti1,795,824653,14912,5641,356593304482712444435476952Bono292,604203,3294,514338165132255216209214235374Bono East153,341213,6942,923380143153409304231220210400Central613,804538,82915,1601,1174783614685863231,042467804Eastern752,061470,9999,819854379211466510278363358642Greater Accra1,253,1791,326,48916,1121,7637672316285224011,220685511Northern409,963476,5503,1841,5103944389001,2811,2094985451,259North East122,742112,306952292324198376505579205322322Oti103,865181,0212,45926520097195228371240263282Savannah80,605144,2441,409503212185387322344160279435Upper East170,340335,5023,1008798323599198682,8906851,0171,321Upper West121,230238,9722,2406403603544877422,7943284061,094Volta100,481606,5084,679705180158406237220314617442Western439,724398,54920,6381,143379223400367305787417508Western North175,240196,5564,30226111910921017020286117255Total6,730,5876,213,182105,54812,2005,5743,5647,1387,68310,8826,8496,5499,704Source: Graphic Online Electoral Commission of Ghana
Parliament
+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 EC

 Seats dem win by region 
S/NRegionNPPNDCINDTotal1Ahafo42–62Ashanti4241473Bono66–124Bono East38–115Central1013–236Eastern258–337Greater Accra1420–348Northern99–189North East42–610Oti08–811Savannah34–712Upper East114–1513Upper West38–1114Volta117–1815Western98–1716Western North36–9Total1371371275Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana

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