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Elections in Ghana gives information on election and election results in Ghana. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.

Ghana elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a four year term by the people. Parliament has 200 members, elected for a four year term in single-seat constituencies. Both elections are by simple majority vote, and, as is predicted by Duverger's law, the voting system has encouraged Ghanaian politics into a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Elections have been held every four years since 1992. Presidential and parliamentary elections are held alongside each other, generally on 7 December.

Contents 1 Latest elections 1.1 Presidential 1.2 Parliamentary 2 Past elections 3 See also 4 External links

Main article: Ghanaian presidential election, 2004

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Summary of the 7 December 2004 Ghana presidential election results

Candidates	Nominating parties	Votes	%
John Kufuor	New Patriotic Party	4,524,074	52.45%
John Atta-Mills	National Democratic Congress	3,850,368	44.64%
Edward Mahama	Grand Coalition (People's National Convention)	165,375	1.92%
George Aggudey	Convention People's Party	85,968	1.00%
Total		8,625,785

Main article: Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004

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Summary of the 7 December 2004 Ghana Parliament election results

Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats
New Patriotic Party		.	128
National Democratic Congress		.	94
Grand Coalition People's National Convention Great Consolidated Popular Party Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere		.	4
Convention People's Party		.	3
Non-partisans		.	1
Total (turnout %)			230
Source: allafrica.com

In 1996, the opposition fully contested the presidential and parliamentary elections, which were described as peaceful, free, and transparent by domestic and international observers. In that election, President Rawlings was re-elected with 57% of the popular vote. In addition, Rawlings' NDC party won 133 of the Parliament's 200 seats, just one seat short of the two-thirds majority needed to amend the Constitution, although the election returns of two parliamentary seats face legal challenges.

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Ghanaian parliamentary elections

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Ghanaian referenda

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• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database