Ghanaian general election, 1996
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General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. The presidential election resulted in a victory for the incumbent, Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), whilst the NDC won 133 of the 200 seats in Parliament.[1]
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Jerry Rawlings | National Democratic Congress | 4,099,758 | 57.4 |
John Kufuor | New Patriotic Party | 2,834,878 | 39.7 |
Edward Mahama | People's National Convention | 211,136 | 3.0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 120,921 | – | |
Total | 7,266,693 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 9,279,605 | 78.3 | |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
Parliament
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|
National Democratic Congress | 3,679,985 | 53.0 | 133 | –56 |
New Patriotic Party | 2,346,791 | 33.8 | 61 | New |
People's Convention Party | 420,192 | 6.0 | 5 | New |
People's National Convention | 226,643 | 3.3 | 1 | New |
National Convention Party | 51,919 | 0.7 | 0 | –8 |
Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere | 6,979 | 0.1 | 0 | –1 |
Democratic People's Party | 8,247 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Great Consolidated Popular Party | 1,485 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Independents | 205,521 | 3.0 | 0 | –2 |
Total | 6,947,762 | 100 | 200 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
See also
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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