Ghana Presidential Elections Results Updates Live 2016 By Region by Constituencies

Ghanaian Presidential election Schedule 2016

General elections held in Ghana on 7 Dec 2016 to elect a President and Members of Parliament.

Ghanaian Presidential election Results 2016 Live

Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won Ghana's national election and became president elect.  Akufo-Addo defeated President John Mahama by 53.8% to 44.4%, EC Charlotte Osei said

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Final Results Tally – NPP is ahead in Presidential and Parliamentary Results

Ghana Final Presidential Election Results Vote Count ( All 275 Constituencies counted)

Nana Akufo-Addo declared winner.

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Ghana Parliamentary Election Results 2016   

234 seats declared till now of 275

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Ghana Parliamentary Election Results and Vote Count by Region  

234 Seats counted out of 275.

Live Updates: Ghana Parliamentary election Voting Live 2016  

1. LA Olympia C polling station(La Dadekotopon Constituency). 580 people will vote here.
2. Voting begins at Akumajay Polling station ( Odododiodio Constituency). 769 voters.
3. 7 Presidential Candidates: John Dramani Mahama – NDC, Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo – NPP, Dr Paa Kwesi Ndoum – PPP,Ivor Kobina Greenstreet – CPP, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings – NDP, Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama – PNC and Jacob Osei Yeboah – Independent Candidate.
4. The voting trend in the Brong Ahafo Region, Central Region, Greater Accra Region and Western Region indicates voters here hold the key to victory for any political party.
5. Voting started on December 7 at 0700 GMT.
6. 15,712,499 registered voters are expected to vote for seven presidential candidates and 1,158 parliamentary candidates at 28,992 polling stations nationwide on Wednesday.
7. 148,000 election officials deployed and 64,000 security personnel stationed .
8. Ban on sale of alcohol within 500 metres of a polling station, ban on use of mortorbikes within 400 metres of a polling station.
9. Also, bags, purses, pens, mobile phones, food and drinks are disallowed
10. Over 400 foreign observers and over 12,000 local observers will actively monitor the process.
11. If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote Wednesday, then the two leading candidates will go forward to a runoff election on Dec. 28. 
12. Ghanaians will also be casting their vote to decide who will take up the parliament’s 275 seats.Ben Ephson's opinion polls indicate that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win the majority of the 275 seats.

Facts & Figures

Ghanaian Presidential election Details 2016 

1. The president is elected using the two-round system, whilst the 275 members of Parliament will be elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.
2. Eligible voters must be Ghanaian citizens who are at least 18 years old, although those declared insane are disenfranchised. Parliamentary candidates must be Ghanaian citizens at least 21 years old, and either be resident in their constituency or have lived there for at least five of the ten years prior to the election
3. Social media initiative like #GhanaDecides will track live election updates.
4. On average 66% of citizens in Ghana have voted in elections since independence and new technologies are expected to  increase this figure.
5. Citizens can also check their registration details by SMS using a shortcode established by Ghana's Electoral Commission.