Ghanaian general election, 2000

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Nominee John Kufuor John Atta Mills
Party NPP NDC
Popular vote 3,631,263 2,750,124
Percentage 56.9% 43.1%
President before election

Jerry John Rawlings
NDC

President-elect

John Kufuor
NPP

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General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December. [1] The presidential elections resulted in a victory for John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), whilst the NPP also won the most seats in the parliamentary elections.

Ghana Republic in West Africa

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km2 (92,099 sq mi), Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south. Ghana means "Warrior King" in the Soninke language.

John Kufuor Fifth President of the Republic of Ghana

John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008. His victory over John Evans Atta Mills after the end of Jerry Rawlings' second term marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in Ghana since independence in 1957.

New Patriotic Party political party in Ghana

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is a centre-right and liberal conservative party in Ghana. Since the democratization of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghana politics; its leading rival being the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC). John Kufuor of the NPP was President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. At the elections held on 7 December 2004, the party won 129 out of 230 seats. The NPP candidate was Kufuor, who was re-elected as President with 52.75% of the vote. The New Patriotic Party symbol is the African elephant and the New Patriotic Party colors are red, white, and blue.

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The election marked the first transfer of power via the ballot box in the country's history.

Results

President

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
John Kufuor New Patriotic Party 3,131,73948.173,631,26356.90
John Atta Mills National Democratic Congress 2,895,57544.542,750,12443.10
Edward Mahama People's National Convention 189,6592.92
George Hagan Convention People's Party 115,6411.78
Augustus Obuadum Tanoh National Reform Party 78,6291.21
Dan Lartey Great Consolidated Popular Party 67,5041.04
Charles Wereko-Brobby United Ghana Movement 22,1230.34
Invalid/blank votes104,214–77,616–
Total6,605,0841006,459,003100
Registered voters/turnout10,698,65261.710,698,65260.4
Source: African Elections Database

Parliament

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
New Patriotic Party 2,937,38644.9899+38
National Democratic Congress 2,691,51541.2192–41
People's National Convention 224,6573.443+2
National Reform Party 147,1962.250New
Convention People's Party 85,6431.311–4
United Ghana Movement 32,6320.500New
Other parties411,7286.300–
Independents4+4
Vacant––1–
Invalid/blank votes102,549–––
Total6,633,3061002000
Registered voters/turnout10,698,65262.0––
Source: African Elections Database

The vacant seat was filled by a by-election on 3 January 2001 and won by the NPP. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Elections in Ghana African Elections Database
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