2004 Ghanaian general election

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2004 Ghanaian general election
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  2000 7 December 2004 2008  
Presidential election
Turnout85.12%
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Nominee John Kufuor John Atta Mills
Party NPP NDC
Running mate Aliu Mahama Muhammad Mumuni
Popular vote4,524,0743,850,368
Percentage52.45%44.64%

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President before election

John Kufuor
NPP

Elected President

John Kufuor
NPP

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]

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Presidential election

There were four candidates:

Results

President

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
John Kufuor Aliu Mahama New Patriotic Party 4,524,07452.45
John Atta Mills Muhammad Mumuni National Democratic Congress 3,850,36844.64
Edward Mahama Danny Ofori AttaGrand Coalition165,3751.92
George Aggudey Bright Kwame Ameyaw Convention People's Party 85,9681.00
Total8,625,785100.00
Valid votes8,625,78597.87
Invalid/blank votes188,1232.13
Total votes8,813,908100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,354,97085.12
Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana

Parliament

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Patriotic Party 4,212,84449.04128+28
National Democratic Congress 3,505,07440.8094+2
Convention People's Party 247,7532.883+2
People's National Convention 183,1342.134+1
Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere 16,0970.1900
National Reform Party 11,3640.1300
Democratic People's Party 9,9550.120New
Great Consolidated Popular Party 4,6900.050New
Independents398,9814.641–3
Total8,589,892100.00230+30
Valid votes8,589,89298.38
Invalid/blank votes141,1771.62
Total votes8,731,069100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,381,15284.11
Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana

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