2004 Ghanaian general election
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2004 Ghanaian general election
Turnout 85.12%
Presidential election
| Nominee | John Kufuor | John Atta Mills |
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| Party | NPP | NDC |
| Running mate | Aliu Mahama | Muhammad Mumuni |
| Popular vote | 4,524,074 | 3,850,368 |
| Percentage | 52.45% | 44.64% |
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General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2004. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for incumbent John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who defeated John Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress with 52 percent of the vote in the first round, enough to win without the need for a runoff. The parliamentary elections saw the NPP win 128 seats in the expanded 230-seat Parliament, an outright majority.[1]
Presidential election
[edit ]There were four candidates:
- George Aggudey (Convention People's Party)
- John Kufuor (New Patriotic Party) - incumbent
- John Atta Mills (National Democratic Congress)
- Edward Mahama (Grand Coalition, an alliance of the People's National Convention, Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere, and Great Consolidated Popular Party)
Results
[edit ]President
[edit ]| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kufuor | Aliu Mahama | New Patriotic Party | 4,524,074 | 52.45 | |
| John Atta Mills | Muhammad Mumuni | National Democratic Congress | 3,850,368 | 44.64 | |
| Edward Mahama | Danny Ofori Atta | Grand Coalition | 165,375 | 1.92 | |
| George Aggudey | Bright Kwame Ameyaw | Convention People's Party | 85,968 | 1.00 | |
| Total | 8,625,785 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 8,625,785 | 97.87 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 188,123 | 2.13 | |||
| Total votes | 8,813,908 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,354,970 | 85.12 | |||
| Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana | |||||
Parliament
[edit ]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | 4,212,844 | 49.04 | 128 | +28 | |
| National Democratic Congress | 3,505,074 | 40.80 | 94 | +2 | |
| Convention People's Party | 247,753 | 2.88 | 3 | +2 | |
| People's National Convention | 183,134 | 2.13 | 4 | +1 | |
| Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere | 16,097 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Reform Party | 11,364 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic People's Party | 9,955 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Great Consolidated Popular Party | 4,690 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 398,981 | 4.64 | 1 | –3 | |
| Total | 8,589,892 | 100.00 | 230 | +30 | |
| Valid votes | 8,589,892 | 98.38 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 141,177 | 1.62 | |||
| Total votes | 8,731,069 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,381,152 | 84.11 | |||
| Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana | |||||
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Elections in 2004 IPU
External links
[edit ]- Ghana Elections 2004 - Think Ghana
- 2004 results - Stanford University Archive Portal
- 2004 results - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
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