Electoral Commission Officially Declares Winner Of 2024 Ghana Presidential Election

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (ECG) has officially declared John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the winner of the country’s 2024 presidential election.

The declaration was made on Monday in Accra by the chairman of the commission, Jane Mensa.

According to the declared results, Mahama polled 6,328,397 votes, representing 56.55% of the total votes to defeat his closest rival, and incumbent vice president, Mahamudu Bawumia of the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP), who scored 4,657,304 votes representing 41.6%.

The former president, who was declared winner, won 13 regions, while Bawumia, who had earlier conceded defeat on Sunday, won in only three regions.

A total of twelve candidates participated in Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary elections. However, the NDC won by a landslide in both elections, with the party set to have a two-thirds majority in parliament.

In her speech, the chairman of the Ghana Electoral Commission said the decision of the vice president to concede even before the official declaration showed that the election was fair and credible.

In a related news, renowned Ghanaian films (Gollywood) and Nigerian (Nollywood) actor, John Dumelo, has achieved a significant victory in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency election, successfully unseating incumbent Lydia Alhassan during the 2024 general elections.

Dumelo, representing the National Democratic Congress (NDC), garnered 40,561 votes, while Alhassan, from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), received 27,377 votes.