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General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. [1] Former President John Dramani Mahama announced that he would contest the results. [2]
A map of Ghana's ethno-linguistic areas. Ghana has more than seventy native ethnic groups. [15] Major native African ethnic groups in Ghana include the Akan at 45.7% of the population, the Mole-Dagbon at 18.5%, the Ewe at 13.9%, the Ga-Dangme at 7.1%, the Gurma at 6.4%, the Guan at 3.2%, the Grusi at 2.7%, Mande at 2% and others at 1.6%.
The presidential election is won by having more than 50% of valid votes cast, [3] whilst the parliamentary elections is won by simple majority, and, as is predicted by Duverger's law, the voting system has encouraged Ghanaian politics into a two-party system, creating extreme difficulty for anybody attempting to achieve electoral success under any banner other than those of the two dominant ...
Many young people - who make up almost 40% of the population, according to the 2021 census - want to quit Ghana. They see few job prospects in a country with an unemployment rate of 14%.
Live election results and related data for Senate, House and governor's races Senate Outlook 2014 Forecasts for 2014’s Senate races, based on HuffPost Pollster’s poll-tracking model
The offices of ″LGBT+ Rights Ghana″ are closed by security forces. [6] 26 February – 2021 Asafo-Akyem bus crash; 20 May - 2021 Ghana gay arrests; 11 June – During the 2021 United Nations Security Council Elections, Ghana was elected to serve a two-year term on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member. Its term, starting in 2022 ...
As a result of the Ghanaian presidential election, 2016, [20] Nana Akufo-Addo became President-elect and was inaugurated as the fifth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and eighth President of Ghana on 7 January 2017. [21] In December 2020, President Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected after a tightly contested election. [22]
In May 2021, the EC agreed on some proposals to reform the conduct of elections in the country, such as conduct of voter registration exercises all year round, exhibitions, filing of nominations and special voting. [44] The E.C is seeking to change the presidential and parliamentary elections from December 7 to November 7.