Ghana General Election 2016 Results

Results of 2016 general election as released by ec part 1 3 years ago read comments by richard quashie.

Ghana general election 2016 results. The electoral commission of ghana has started releasing results after a long and tiresome voting period. Results based on 256 of 275 constituencies. 5 601 894 votes 46 9 2016.

General elections were held in ghana on 7 december 2016 to elect a president and members of parliament. Notes e the largest winning majority in the 2016 election of 58 084 was by francisca oteng mensah of the npp in the kwabre east constituency of the ashanti region. 5 365 491 votes 54 1 loss.

Mike oquaye speaker of the 7th parliament of the 4th republic. The other constituencies with majorities greater than 50 000 are all in the ashanti region. 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.

Reports from 275 constituencies as of 10 pm december 10 2016 nana addo dankwa akufo addo of the new patriotic party npp securing 5 716 026 votes representing 53 85 per cent to beat mr mahama who managed 4 713 277 votes 44 40 per cent. The ec has however noted that to ensure uncontested results the ec s verification process is extremely stringent. Latest results of ghana s december 7 elections 2016 below are latest result updates of ghana elections.

Live ghana parliamentary elections 2016 results dates opinion exit poll winner republic of ghana ghanaian general election schedule 2016. Former president john dramani mahama says he will contest the results. 6 155 936 votes 51 5 2016.

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. 4 384 244 votes 44 2 gain. When the results were officially declared both the national democratic congress ndc and new patriotic party npp each gained an additional seat bringing their totals to 115 and 108 respectively.