2020 Ghanaian general election
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. Former President John Dramani Mahama announced that he would contest the results. At the Supreme Court, a petition challenging the result was filed on 30 December, and unanimously dismissed on 4 March 2021 for lack of merit.
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| Registered | 17,027,941 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 78.89% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 275 seats in the Parliament of Ghana 138 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The NPP lost its majority in the parliament, winning the same number of seats as the opposition NDC, resulting in a hung parliament with a single independent (Andrew Asiamah Amoako) in the position of kingmaker.
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