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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]
This is a list of the 276 constituencies in Ghana. They will be contested in the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, from December 2024. There were 275 constituencies at the time of the 2020 Ghanaian general election. [1] One more constituency, Guan, was added in 2023 and was contested for the first time in the 2024 Ghanaian general election.
Ghana's first post independence population census in 1961 counted about 6.7 million inhabitants. [9] Between 1965 and 1989, a constant 45% of Ghana total female population was of childbearing age. [9] The crude death rate of 18 per 1,000 population in 1965 fell to 13 per 1,000 population in 1992.
Ghana is due to get a new president after December’s election. The current vice-president, Mahamudu Bawumia, and a former head of state, John Mahama, are the two leading candidates in contention ...
Ghanaians will go to the polls on Saturday to elect ... when it comes to the economy between 2020 and 2024,” he told CNN. ... react during his final election campaign rally, in Accra, Ghana ...
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%.
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 ...
The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though is qualified to stand for election as such. There are a total of 275 constituencies in Ghana. The 8th Parliament convened on 7 January 2021 to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers as well as for the administration of oaths to the Speaker and Members of Parliament.