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Ghana: Electoral Commission Delays Results Announcement As Akufo-Addo Maintains Lead
Premium Times, 9 December 2020
As of 6 a.m. Wednesday, the results in more than 250 constituencies have been announced and President Nana Akufo-Addo has maintained his narrow lead, polling 6,375,560, against… Read more »
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Ghana: Ruling Party, Opposition Claim Victory in Election
Premium Times, 8 December 2020
As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo maintained his slim lead over Mr Mahama. Read more »
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Ghana: Battle for New Parliament ... Surprises, Disappointments, Anxiety Galore
Ghanaian Times, 9 December 2020
Election 2020 has ended and results so far announced for the parliamentary contest have brought in surprises, disappointments and anxiety as Ghanaians wait for declaration of the… Read more »
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Ghana: Don't Declare Results!
Ghanaian Times, 8 December 2020
The Electoral Commission, on the eve of the December 7 general election, cautioned political parties and the media to desist from declaring results of the just-ended election. Read more »
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Ghana: NPP, NDC Trade Accusations Over Election Infractions
Ghanaian Times, 8 December 2020
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has debunked claims of election infractions by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Read more »
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Ghana: Ghana 2020 Election - a Family Business
DW, 4 December 2020
Political newcomers have it tough in a country where long-established families dominate the polls. The top presidential candidates in the December 7 election are all offspring of… Read more »
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Ghana: Polling Day Observation, Close of Polls
CODEO, 7 December 2020
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Ghana: #ghanavotes - Akufo-Addo in Narrow Early Lead
Premium Times, 8 December 2020
Misinformation is circulating on social media, including a claim that the ballot papers had been designed to make Mr Mahama lose votes, a claim found to be misleading Read more »
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Ghana: Controversy As Muntaka Mohammed Use Daughter's Thumbprint to Vote
Ghanaian Times, 7 December 2020
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Asawase Constituency, Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed, has sparked controversy after he held the hand of a child… Read more »
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Ghana: EC Official Nabbed for Wrongfully Tearing Ballot Papers
Ghanaian Times, 8 December 2020
The Bawku Divisional Police Command in the Upper East Region have arrested Electoral Commission (EC) official for allegedly tearing two presidential ballot papers wrongfully,… Read more »
President, Opponent Are Neck and Neck in Ghana Election
Ghana's ruling party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are both claiming victory in the December 7 election. At 8pm on December 8 Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo of the NPP was just in the lead, polling 4,113,529 votes (49.61 per cent) against the NDC's John Mahama, who had 4,066,272 votes (49.04%). The candidate who secures 50% plus one vote will be declared the winner. The electoral commission earlier cautioned political parties and the media against declaring results.
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Voting stations have closed in Ghana, where President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo reiterated his commitment to peace and stability, assuring the Ghanaian people of his readiness to accept ... Read more »
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Ghanaians go to the polls on December 7 for the country's eighth consecutive poll since returning to democracy nearly 30 years ago. Although 12 candidates are vying for the top ... Read more »
Voting was calm in Nima, an opposition-friendly Accra district, in the presidential and legislative elections on Monday, December 7 in Ghana.
