2020 elections: Prez. Akufo-Addo wins 2nd term

Posted on December 9, 2020December 9, 2020
by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has won the tightly contested 2020 election.

He polled 6,730, 413 which is 51.59% of the total votes cast nationwide on December 7.

His closest contender, John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) polled 6, 214, 889 which gives him 47.36% of the total votes cast.

The Electoral Commissioner, Jean Mensa who is the Returning officer of the 2020 presidential election announced the results Wednesday.

She added that there results for the Techiman South is outstanding due as it is being contested.

However, she noted that even if those results are added to the votes obtained by former President Mahama, it will not add up to the 50 plus 1 per cent needed he needs to win the election.

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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