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General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2024 [1] [2] to elect the president and all 276 members of Parliament. [3] [4] The incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo, having completed his constitutional term limits, was ineligible for re-election.
The 2024 Ghanaian general election took place on 7 December 2024 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 9th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. [1] The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though must be qualified to stand for election as such. There are a total of 276 constituencies in Ghana. The 9th Parliament first convened on ...
No elections yet Ashanti ADANSI ASOKWA No elections yet Ashanti OBUASI WEST FAUSTILOVE APPIAH KANNIN ELECTED Ashanti OBUASI EAST SAMUEL ABOAGYE UNOPPOSED Ashanti BEKWAI SAMUEL PREMPEH JNR UNOPPOSED Ashanti BOSOME FREHO APPIAH-KUBI CHARLES UNOPPOSED Ashanti ODOTOBRI EMMANUEL OBENG-AGYEMANG ELECTED Ashanti MANSO NKWANTA SAMUEL ADJEI ELECTED Ashanti
Ghana's opposition candidate and former President John Mahama has promised "a new beginning, a new direction" for the country after being officially declared the winner of Saturday's presidential ...
December 8, 2024 at 8:08 AM. By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Christian Akorlie. ... The result of Ghana's general election is another blow to a ruling party in a region where voters, hit by ...
Public frustration over Ghana's economic travails, including high prices and a dearth of jobs, has dominated the run-up to Saturday's general election, which will likely test the nation's ...
3 October: Ghana reports its first case of mpox this year. [2]14 October: A bus falls into a ditch in Kwapia, Ashanti Region, killing 13 people. [3]18 October: Parliament speaker Alban Bagbin declares four seats held by MPs who switched parties vacant, effectively giving the opposition National Democratic Congress a majority in the legislature. [4]
Ahead of Ghana becoming a republic, the first presidential election was held on 27 April 1960. Nkrumah won 89 per cent of the vote and was subsequently declared President for life. [10] [16] In the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election, all the CPP candidates were elected unopposed due to the one-party state system in place at the time. [17]