Accra, Ghana//-The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, today officially declared John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the president-elect in the 2024 general elections.
The polls, held across the country on Saturday, December 7, resulted in a landslide victory for the former president, Mr Mahama.
According to the EC, 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 6 5 7, 304, representing 41.61%, representing.
The total valid votes is 11,191,422, with rejected ballots being 239,109. Total votes cast were 11, 430,531.
The percentage of voter turnout 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 by the Constitution.
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.
Meanwhile, 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 offences.
The National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi called on his party supporters to desist from causing trouble. While the National Youth Organizer of the NPP, Salam Mohammed Mustapha, condemned the actions of NDC supporters and went further to call on the police to act swiftly to prevent further disturbances.
