The Electoral Commission of Ghana has declared incumbent president Nana Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential elections.
Akufo-Addo has been re-elected for a second term with 51. 59% of votes, beating out former president John Mahama of the NDC.
Akufo-Addo received 6,730,413 votes. Mahama received 6,214,889 votes, or 47.36%, making it a tight race between the two.
Although one region’s final vote has yet to be accounted for, the EC says at this point it would not change the outcome.
According to the Electoral Commission, there were 17,027,641 registered with few election-related mishaps such as missing names, or misplaced polling stations.
Since voting day, 13,434,574 votes were counted in 48 hours, representing 79% of the total registered voters.
