By Paul Ejime
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson Jean Mensa on Monday 9 December 2024 officially declared former President John Mahama of the opposition NDC as President-elect and winner of the 7 December election. Ruling NPP’s candidate Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has already conceded defeat.
The EC Chair said the declaration was based on results from 267 of the 276 Constituencies, adding that the final results would not change even if all 947,116 votes from the nine outstanding constituencies were added to the second-placed candidate.
John Mahama NDC – 6,328,397 (56.55%)
Bawumia NPP – 4,657,304 (41.61%)
Total Valid votes – 11,191,422
Rejected votes – 239,109
Total Votes cast – 11,430,531
Registered voters – 18,744,159
Turnout – 60.9%
