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2020 Ghanaian general election

2020 Ghanaian general election

← 2016 7 December 2020 2024 →
Registered17,027,941
Presidential election
Turnout78.89%
 
Nominee Nana Akufo-Addo John Mahama
Party NPP NDC
Running mate Mahamudu Bawumia Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
Popular vote 6,730,587 6,213,182
Percentage 51.30% 47.36%

President before election

Nana Akufo-Addo
NPP

Elected President

Nana Akufo-Addo
NPP

Parliamentary election

All 275 seats in the Parliament of Ghana
138 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
NPP Nana Akufo-Addo 50.42 137 −32
NDC John Mahama 46.20 137 +31
Independents 2.29 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Aaron Mike Oquaye
NPP
Alban Bagbin
NDC
Maps

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] At the Supreme Court, a petition challenging the result was filed on 30 December, and unanimously dismissed on 4 March 2021 for lack of merit.

The NPP lost its majority in the parliament, winning the same number of seats as the opposition NDC, resulting in a hung parliament with a single independent (Andrew Asiamah Amoako) in the position of kingmaker,[3][4] who later chose to support the NPP.[5]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Kokutse, Francis (10 December 2020). "Ghana's main opposition party will contest election results". AP News. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. ^ Ghana's Hung Parliament Sets President Up for Tough Term
  4. ^ Abdulai, Abdul-Gafaru; Sackeyfio, Naaborle (2021). "The uncertainties of Ghana's 2020 elections". African Affairs. doi:10.1093/afraf/adaa028.
  5. ^ "NPP asks Speaker Bagbin to remain impartial as it maintains majority". Joy Online. 21 January 2024.

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