President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been declared winner of Ghana’s 2012 presidential poll. He polled 5,574,761 representing 50.70% as against his close contender, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Akufo-Addo who had 5,248,898 of the valid votes cast, representing 47.74%.

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The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Afari Djan, this evening made a declaration on the December 7 presidential election, declaring President John Mahama as the winner with 50.70% of the valid vote

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Ghana announced the results of its presidential election late Sunday. According to the country's electoral commission, John Dramani Mahama has won reelection. But his opponent has not conceded defeat

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  Name of Candidate Votes obtained Percent votes Rank John Dramani Mahama       5,574,761     50.70          1 Nana Akufo Addo       5,248,898     47.74          2 Papa Kwesi Nduom (PPP)            64,362       0.59          3 Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey (GCPP)            38,223       0.35          4 Hassan Ayariga (PNC)            24,617       0.22          5 Michael Abu Sakara Foster (CPP)            20,323       0.18 ...

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A 33- year- old legal practitioner, Mr James Agalga, who has been elected Member of Parliament Builsa North, said on Monday that his vision is to improve the livelihoods of his constituents

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The vicinity of the Electoral Commission (EC) is very quiet with entrances of both ends of the road leading to the Commission heavily guarded by security personnel

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The John Mahama 2012 Campaign on Sunday lauded the National Peace Council (NPC) for condemning a press conference by the opposition New patriotic Party (NPP), which claimed it had won Election 2012 with 51.3 per cent of votes

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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has appealed to its supporters to remain calm and await for the announcement of the results of the elections by the Electoral Commission

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria on Sunday described Ghana’s general election as peaceful, transparent, free and fair, and should, therefore, be emulated by other African countries

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Even before the Electoral Commission officially declares winner of the presidential elections, PNC flagbearer Hassan Ayariga has conceded defeat to President John Mahama

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The chairman of the opposition NPP, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey is accusing the governing party of colluding with some Electoral Commission staff to “subvert the will of the people” by changing figures to favour the ruling NDC

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Electoral Commission (EC) Public Affairs Director Christian Owusu Parry has said the EC is ready to investigate any credible petition on fraud allegations

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Hundreds of supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are marching to the Electoral Commission (EC), but security is being beefed up to prevent trouble

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Movement for Mahama (MFM), a group aligned to President John Dramani Mahama’s campaign, on Sunday thanked all Ghanaians for the peaceful and successful general election

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The Deputy Energy Minister, and incumbent NDC MP for Ellembelle, Mr. Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah, retained the seat with 26,344 votes in the December 7 polls

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Madam Catherine Afeku, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Evalue-Gwira Constituency has lost the seat. She polled 13,157 votes as against 15,359 votes garnered by the National Democratic Congress’s Kweku Tanikyi Kessie

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