President Akufo-Addo (left) exchanging pleasantries with former President Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the just-ended general elections, has suffered yet another humiliating defeat in the hands of his rival President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, having been trounced in a landslide back in 2016.
The election was conducted in 38,622 polling stations across the country and in 275 constituencies.
“At the end of the transparent, fair, orderly, timely and peaceful presidential elections, the total number of valid votes cast was 13 million 4 hundred and 34 thousand, 5 hundred and 74. (13,434,574), representing 79% of the total registered voters,” Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, said yesterday.
Declaration
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo scored a decent 6,730, 413, representing a 51.59 per cent of the total valid votes cast, while the NDC’s John Dramani Mahama took another slap, scoring 6, 214, 889, which gives him 47.36per cent of the total votes cast, reeling by another embarrassing 500,000 plus.
Declaring the results, Electoral Commissioner Jean Mensa said the figures announced were without that of the Techiman South constituency, which was being contested.
However, she noted that even if all those votes were added to what was obtained by former President Mahama, he would still not make the 50 plus one per cent he needed to beat President Nana Akufo-Addo in the election.
“Currently, the election results we have declared exclude that of the Techiman South constituency, with a voter population of one hundred and 28 thousand and 18 (128,018). The said election results are not ready because they are being contested; as such collation is not complete. The difference between the total number of votes between by the first and second candidates is 5 hundred and 15 thousand, 5 hundred and 24 votes (515,524).
“As a result, even if we added the one hundred and 28 thousand and 18 (128,018) to the results of the 2nd candidate, it would not change the outcome of the presidential election, hence our declaration of the 2020 results without that of Techiman South,” Mrs Mensa said.
“If we were to add the results from Techiman South constituency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would obtain 50.8% of the votes and John Dramani Mahama would obtain 47.873% of the votes,” she added.
“Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, on the basis of the foregoing election results, and by the power vested in me as Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, and the Returning Officer of the Presidential election, it is my duty and honour to declare Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President-elect of the Republic of Ghana,” she declared.
Other candidates
Christian Kwabena Andrews, of the Ghana Union Movement, also obtained 105,565, being 0.805 per cent of the total valid votes cast; Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, Conventions Peoples Party, obtained 12,215, being 0.093 per cent; Akua Donkor, of the Ghana Freedom Party, obtained 5,575, being 0.042 per cent, with Henry Herbert Lartey, of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), obtaining 3,574, being 0.027 percent of the total valid votes cast
The rest are Hassan Ayariga, of the All People’s Congress, who obtained 7,140, being 0.054 per cent; Percival Kofi Akpaloo, of the Liberal Party of Ghana, obtained 7,690, being 0.059% percent; David Asibi Apasera, of the People’s National Convention (PNC), obtained 10,887, being 0.083 per cent; Brigitte Akosua Dzogbenuku, of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), obtained 6,848, being 0.052 per cent; Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, of the National Democratic Party, obtained 6,612, being 0.50 per cent; while Alfred Kwame Asiedu Walker, an independent candidate, obtained 9,703, being 0.074percent of the total valid votes cast.
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