1996 Ghanaian general election

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1996 Ghanaian general election
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  1992 7 December 1996 2000  
Presidential election
Turnout78.31%
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Nominee Jerry Rawlings John Kufuor
Party NDC NPP
AllianceProgressive Alliance
(NDCEGLEDPP)
Great Alliance
(NPPNCP)
Popular vote4,099,7582,834,878
Percentage57.37%39.67%

1996 Ghanaian presidential election (percentage by region).svg
Results by region

President before election

Jerry Rawlings
NDC

Elected President

Jerry Rawlings
NDC

General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. In the presidential elections, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was re-elected in a single round, defeating John Kufuor of the Great Alliance (led by Kufuor's New Patriotic Party) with 57% of the vote. The NDC retained its majority in Parliament, winning 133 of the 200 seats. [1]

Contents

In contrast to the 1992 general elections, these elections were not mired in controversy. [2] [3] In the aftermath of the contentious 1992 elections, several electoral reforms were made with the intent to increase the perceived fairness of the electoral process and put in place measures to prevent fraud. [2]

Results

President

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Jerry Rawlings John Atta Mills Progressive Alliance (NDCEGLEDPP)4,099,75857.37
John Kufuor Kow Nkensen Arkaah Great Alliance (NPPNCP)2,834,87839.67
Edward Mahama People's National Convention 211,1362.95
Total7,145,772100.00
Valid votes7,145,77298.34
Invalid/blank votes120,9211.66
Total votes7,266,693100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,279,60578.31
Source: Nohlen et al.

Parliament

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Democratic Congress 3,679,98552.97133–56
New Patriotic Party 2,346,79133.7861New
People's Convention Party 420,1926.055New
People's National Convention 226,6433.261New
National Convention Party 51,9190.750–8
Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere 6,9790.100–1
Democratic People's Party 8,2470.120New
Great Consolidated Popular Party 1,4850.020New
Independents205,5212.960–2
Total6,947,762100.002000
Source: Nohlen et al.

See also

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 ISBN   0-19-829645-2
  2. 1 2 Lyons, Terrence (1997). "Ghana's Encouraging Elections: A Major Step Forward". Journal of Democracy. 8 (2): 65–77. doi:10.1353/jod.1997.0019. ISSN   1086-3214.
  3. "Election Watch". Journal of Democracy. 8 (1). 1997. ISSN   1086-3214.