Updated EC results make President Mahama winner by 56.42% -Ablekuma North outstanding

The Electoral Commission (EC) has updated the 2024 presidential election results, pegging victorious President John Dramani Mahama at 56.42 per cent based on data from 275 out of the 276 constituencies.

The updated results saw President Mahama securing 6,591,790 votes, as against 4,877,611 polled by his closest contender, former Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), representing 41.75 per cent.

The EC in a release yesterday signed by its Chairperson, Jean Mensa, sighted by the Daily Graphic  said the updated results notwithstanding, the outcome of the December 7, 2024, election remained unchanged, with John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) being declared the winner.

The election management body said the latest results were an update of the announcement made on Monday, December 9, 2024, which was based on 267 out of the 276 constituencies. 

The only outstanding constituency whose collation is yet to be completed is Ablekuma North in the Greater Accra Region, with total registered voters of 121,269.

Update

 Per the latest results, independent candidate, Nana Kwame Bediako, obtained 88,944 votes, representing 0.76 per cent, followed by Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, another independent candidate, with 32,457 votes, representing 0.28 per cent.

Nana Akosua Frimpomaa of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) obtained 23,991 votes (0.20 per cent); Hassan Ayariga of the All People’s Party (APC) polled 17, 938 votes (0.15 per cent); Dr Daniel Augustus Lartey of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) polled 17,299 votes (0.15 per cent) and Christian Kwabena Andrews of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) --- 17,030 votes, representing 0.15 per cent.

The rest are Kofi Akpaloo of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) --- 5,327 (0.05 per cent); Mohammed Frimpong of the National Democratic Party (NDP) --- 4,499 votes (0.04 per cent); independent contestant, Kofi Koranteng --- 3,415 votes (0.03 per cent), with another independent contestant, George Twum-Barima-Adu, obtaining 3,182 votes, representing 0.02. per cent

The late Akua Donkor, who remained on the ballot paper after her demise last October, had no votes, according to the data provided by the EC.

The updated results said the total valid votes cast stood at 11,683,483, with 247,937 rejected ballots, while the voter turnout for the 275 constituencies was 63.97 per cent, with 18,774,195 registered voters. 

Recall

The Chairperson of the EC and Returning Officer of the Presidential election, Jean Mensa, on Monday, December 9, 2024, declared former President Mahama as the winner of the 2024 presidential election.

Mrs Mensa, who made the declaration at the commission’s corporate head office in Accra, said Mr Mahama garnered 6,328,397 (6.32 million) votes, representing 56.55 per cent of the valid votes cast to clinch the incontrovertible win.

His closest contender, Dr Bawumia, polled 4,657,304 (4.65 million), representing 41.61 per cent of the total valid votes cast.

The EC chairperson explained that she relied on results from 267 constituencies, as results from nine constituencies were outstanding.

“The nine outstanding constituencies – Awutu Senya East, Nsawam Adoagyiri, Akwatia, Suhum, Techiman South, Dome-Kwabenya, Ablekuma North, Ahafo Ano North and Damango have 947,116 total registered voters,” Mrs Mensa said.

She, however, said even if the closest contender had won all the remaining ballots from the outstanding constituencies, he could not garner enough votes to tilt the 50 per cent plus one vote required to be duly elected as President in his favour, hence the declaration of the NDC candidate as the winner of the presidential poll.

There were 11,430,531 total votes cast out of the registered voter population of 18,774,195, representing a voter turnout of 60.9 per cent, based on the 267 constituency results.

Other results

With rejected ballots summing up to 239,109, businessman Nana Kwame Bediako, aka Cheddar, of the New Force, polled the third largest votes of 84,478, an announcement that drew applause from the President-elect and his family who were watching the declaration of results from the comfort of their home. 

His votes amounted to 0.75 per cent of the total valid votes cast.

Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Kyerematen, who led the Movement for Change as an independent candidate, polled the fourth largest number of votes of 31,202, representing 0.28 per cent of the valid votes cast.

This was followed by Nana Akosua Frimpomaa of the CPP who polled 23,397 votes or 0.21 per cent of the valid votes cast; Mr Ayariga of the APC polled 17,461 of the valid votes cast; Dr Lartey of the GCPP polled 16,673 votes or 0.15 per cent, with Mr Andrews of the GUM polling 16,461 votes, representing 0.15 per cent of the valid votes.

Independent contestant, Kofi Koranteng, polled 3,320 or 0.03 per cent of the valid votes; Kofi Akpaloo of the LPG polled 5,219 valid votes, making up 0.09 per cent share of valid votes cast.

Mohammed Frimpong of the NDP polled 0.04 per cent of the votes, amounting to 4,413 ballots, with another independent contestant, George Twum-Barima-Adu, having 0.02 per cent of the ballots or 2,091 valid votes.