Ghana Election: President Akufo-Addo Wins Re-Election

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has won re-election, securing another four-year mandate to lead Africa’s biggest gold producer.

News Rain Nigeria gathered that Akufo-Addo got 6.73 million votes, or 51.6% of valid ballots, while his closest rival John Mahama, of the main opposition National Democratic Congress, got 47.4%.

The front-runners were separated by just over 500,000 votes.

President Akufo-Addo Wins Re-Election

The results follow a contentious poll that both candidates had said they were leading based on their camps’ tallies.

Akufo-Addo, who ran under the platform of New Patriotic Party (NPP), was declared winner of the election by Jean Mensah, the chairperson of the electoral commission of Ghana on Wednesday evening, December 9.

According to Mensah, Akufo-Addo polled a total of 6,730,430 votes to defeat his main rival and former President John Mahama who polled 6,214,889 votes

Mensah said the total valid votes cast during the election were 30,434,574, representing 79 percent of registered voters.

Independent observers this week congratulated Ghana for conducting largely peaceful polls, in line with its reputation as one of West Africa’s most stable democracies.