GHANA ELECTIONS: Akufo-Addo returns as Ghanaian president
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Dec 10, 2020
Incumbent Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has won the contest held on Monday, according to the country's electoral body.
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He polled 6, 730, 413 votes to defeat his closest challenger, John Dramani Mahama, who garnered 6, 214, 889 ballots.
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However, his opponents kick and call foul play in the process, thereby raising tension in the normally peaceful country.
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The Ghanaian electoral commission yesterday declared Nana Akufo-Addo winner of the country's presidential election.
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The 76-year-old from the center-right New Patriotic Party (NPP) better Mahama of the center-left National Democratic Congress (NDC) by 51.59 per cent of the vote.
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It is expected that this will be his second and final term in accordance with the Ghanaian constitution.
More than 13 million ballots were cast out of a total electorate of 17 million and across 38,000 polling stations throughout the country. Voters also chose 275 lawmakers for the national parliament.
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Five people were killed in election violence. Otherwise, Ghana's poll on Monday was carried out largely peacefully - a regular achievement for the West African country unlike for some of its neighbors that have seen violence following recent elections - although the process was mired by accusations of fraud before the official results were released.
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Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Adukwei Mensa, lauded election workers for good conduct despite COVID-19 pandemic.
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Results of one constituency remained disputed, Mensa, however, said even if all remaining votes went for Mahama, it still would not change the overall outcome.
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