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General elections in Ghana
1996 Ghanaian presidential election Opinion polls
Map of the presidential results.
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. In the presidential election, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was reelected in a single round, defeating John Kufuor of the Great Alliance (led by Kufuor's New Patriotic Party with 57.3 percent of the vote. The NDC retained its majority in Parliament , winning 133 of the 200 seats.[1]
Results [ ] President [ ] Candidate Running mate Party Votes % Jerry Rawlings John Atta Mills Progressive Alliance 4,099,758 57.37 John Kufuor Kow Nkensen Arkaah Great Alliance 2,834,878 39.67 Edward Mahama People's National Convention 211,136 2.95 Total 7,145,772 100.00 Valid votes 7,145,772 98.34 Invalid/blank votes 120,921 1.66 Total votes 7,266,693 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,279,605 78.31 Source: Nohlen et al.
Parliament [ ] Party Votes % Seats +/– National Democratic Congress 3,679,985 52.97 133 –56 New Patriotic Party 2,346,791 33.78 61 New People's Convention Party 420,192 6.05 5 New People's National Convention 226,643 3.26 1 New National Convention Party 51,919 0.75 0 –8 Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere 6,979 0.10 0 –1 Democratic People's Party 8,247 0.12 0 New Great Consolidated Popular Party 1,485 0.02 0 New Independents 205,521 2.96 0 –2 Total 6,947,762 100.00 200 0 Source: Nohlen et al.
See also [ ] References [ ]
^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook , p435 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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