Election 2024: Voting centres open nationwide
The stage is set for Ghana’s crucial nationwide presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for today (7 December 2024) Voting has begun in some polling stations across the country with voters joining long queues A total of 18,774,159 valid voters are expected to cast their ballots at more than 40,000 polling stations across the country to … The post Election 2024: Voting centres open nationwide appeared first on Asaase Radio.
The stage is set for Ghana’s crucial nationwide presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for today (7 December 2024)
Voting has begun in some polling stations across the country with voters joining long queues
A total of 18,774,159 valid voters are expected to cast their ballots at more than 40,000 polling stations across the country to elect a President and 276 Members of Parliament.
To win the presidency, a candidate must secure at least 50% plus one of the total valid votes casts.
In the parliamentary race, a candidate needs to secure a simple majority of the valid votes to emerge victorious.
Twelve presidential candidates are vying for the nation’s top office after months of campaigning across the country to share their messages and policies with voters.
Initially, there were 13 candidates on the presidential ballot, but following the passing of Madam Akua Donkor, the Ghana Freedom Party’s presidential aspirant, on October 28, 2024—just as the printing of ballots was nearing completion—the Electoral Commission decided to maintain the positions on the ballot, with any votes cast for Akua Donkor being counted as rejected.
Ghana boasts a strong tradition of peaceful elections and smooth transitions of power between ruling and opposition parties.
Since 1992, the country has held eight elections, including three instances where power was transferred from a ruling party to the opposition.
As Ghana prepares for this critical election, the country’s vibrant democracy faces yet another significant test.
Since Ghana’s return to multi-party democracy in 1992, no political party has held power for more than two terms (eight years), a trend commonly referred to as the “two-term jinx.”
The New Patriotic Party (NPP), which has been in power since 2016, is now aiming to break this pattern.
Analysts are predicting a keenly contested race between Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP’s flagbearer, and former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Former President Mahama is seeking redemption after losing the 2016 and 2020 elections to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, whose second term will end on January 7, 2025.
For nearly 30 years, Ghana’s political scene has been dominated by the back-and-forth power exchange between the NPP and NDC, with no other party able to break this two-party dominance.
However, this election sees the rise of two new contenders: The New Force, led by businessman Nana Kwame Bediako, and The Movement for Change, headed by Alan Kyerematen, the former Minister for Trade and Industry in the current administration.
Both parties are looking to challenge the entrenched two-party system and provide voters with an alternative.
Other presidential candidates include Daniel Augustus Lartey Jnr. (Great Consolidated Popular Party), George Twum-Barima-Adu (Independent), Hassan Abdulai Ayariga (All People’s Congress), Kofi Akpaloo (Liberal Party of Ghana), Mohammed Frimpong (National Democratic Party), Nana Akosua Frimpomaa (Convention People’s Party), and Kofi Koranteng (Independent).
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