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Ghana
| COUNTRY |
ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Republic of Ghana |
Presidential |
December 7, 2000 (Round
One)
December 28, 2000 (Round Two) |
At stake
in this election:
- Office of president
of Ghana
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Description
of government structure:
- Parliament: Ghana
has a unicameral Parliament with 200 seats.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is
popularly elected for a four-year term.
- All 200 members
of the Parliament are elected by simple majority vote in single member constituencies for four-year terms.
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Results of the election for president:
- Presidential
Candidate: John KUFUOR
Party: New Patriotic Party (NPP)
First Round Valid Votes Received: 3,121,506
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 48.35%
Second Round Valid Votes Received: 3,631,263
Second Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 56.90%
- Presidential
Candidate: John Atta MILLS
Party: National Democratic Congress
First Round Valid Votes Received: 2,895,570
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 44.85%
Second Round Valid Votes Received: 2,750,124
Second Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 43.10%
- Presidential
Candidate: Edward MAHAMA
Party: People's National Convention (PNC)
First Round Valid Votes Received: 162,076
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 2.51%
Eliminated from Second Round
- Presidential
Candidate: George HAGAN
Party: Convention People's Party (CPP)
First Round Valid Votes Received: 114,924
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.78%
Eliminated from Second Round
- Presidential
Candidate: Goosie TANOH
Party: National Reform Party (NRP)
First Round Valid Votes Received: 72,213
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.12%
Eliminated from Second Round
- Presidential
Candidate: Dan LARTEY
Party: Greater Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP)
First Round Valid Votes Received: 67,505
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.05%
Eliminated from Second Round
- Presidential
Candidate: Charles WEREKO-BROBBY
Party: United Ghana Movement (UGM)
First Round Valid Votes Received: 21,814
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 0.34%
Eliminated from Second Round
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When was
the last presidential election?
- Presidential Elections
were last held on December 7, 1996
- President RAWLINGS
received 57.2% of the vote, thereby defeating John KUFUOR who received
39.8%.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 19,533,560
(July 2000)
- Number of registered voters: 10,678,652
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Of Interest:
- President Jerry
RAWLINGS, who had been in power for 19 years, was banned from seeking
another term in office. The constitution restoring multiparty politics
passed in 1992 also imposed a two-term limit for the president.
- Since no candidate
received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round
election was held between the top two candidates on December 28, 2000.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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