EC releases final Presidential results for 275 constituencies

Ghana’s Electoral Commission has released official results of the 2024 Presidential elections with one constituency result still pending.

With the results released, the difference between President John Mahama and the former Vice President, Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia is about 1,714,179.

In a statement issued by the Commission on January 10, detailed the total number of valid votes, rejected ballots, and the overall votes cast in the election.

This update builds on the initial announcement made on December 9, 2024, which was based on results from 267 out of 276 constituencies.

During the earlier announcement, the EC noted that results from nine constituencies were outstanding. The latest update accounts for eight of those nine constituencies, leaving one unresolved, Ablekuma North.

From the updated results, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate John Mahama secured victory with 6,591,790 votes, representing 56.42% of the total votes cast.

He defeated his closest contender, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who received 4,877,611 votes representing 41.75 per cent.

The leader of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako, affectionately called Cheddar Party, emerged as the leading candidate among the smaller parties, garnering 88,944 votes, or 0.76% of the total.

The EC is expected to announce the final outcome for the remaining constituency