Ghana Election 2024: Former president John Mahama declared president-elect of Ghana with 56% win

The chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Jean Mensa, has officially declared John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the president-elect in the 2024 general elections.

The former president, Mr. Mahama, won by a wide margin in the nationwide elections that were held on Saturday, December 7.

According to the EC chairperson, who's the returning officer, Jean Mensa, Mr. John Mahama polled 6,328,397, representing 56.55%, while the vice president and presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, secured 4,657,304, representing 41.61%.

She, however, explained that the results were collated from 267 constituencies due to outstanding issues with nine constituencies whose results are yet to come in.

She went on to say that, according to the EC's calculations, John Mahama's victory would remain unchanged if the results of the nine seats, or just over 947,000 votes, were added to the first runner's total.

The difference between Mr. Mahama's votes and Dr. Bawumia's is 1,671,093. The results of the nine constituencies will finally be compiled and added to the results for the commission's record, according to the EC chair.

The total valid votes, according to Jean Mensa, are 11,191,422, with 239,109 rejected ballots. The total votes cast were 11,430,531, whereas the register had a total of 18,774,159. The percentage of voter turnout in the 2024 election stands at 60.9% based on 267 constituencies.

Over the weekend, Ghanaians went to the polls to elect new Members of Parliament (MPs) and a President of the Republic.

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Although some parliamentary seats are outstanding due to disagreements, the NDC has won enough seats to have a clear majority in parliament.

The exercise, which started peacefully on Saturday morning, later escalated into chaos in some parts of the country due to issues of attempted rigging and delays in the collation of results in some constituencies.

The post-election violence has claimed three lives, with many others injured. The Ghana Police Service has so far arrested 89 people for various election-related offenses.

Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer of the NDC, urged their supporters at a press conference to desist from causing trouble.

Meanwhile, the National Youth Organizer of the NPP, Salam Mohammed Mustapha, in a separate press conference, condemned the actions of NDC supporters.

He called on the police to act swiftly to prevent further disturbances.