1996 Ghanaian general election
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]
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Results
President
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | +/– | |
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| 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
External links
- 1996 Parliamentary Election Results, Electoral Commission of Ghana, Archived from original on 17 Juy 2011
- Ghana Centre for Democratic Development
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