Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results

Statistics on presidential election results in Ghana from 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004.These figures are according to the electoral Commission’s website.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL RESULTS FOR YEAR 1992

PRESIDENTIAL

REGION	NPP		PNC		NIP		NDC		PHP
REGION	Adu Boahen	%	Dr. Hilla Liman	%	Kwabena Darko	%	J.J Rawlings	%	Gen. Erskine	%
WESTERN	89,800	22.8	33,760	8.6	21,924	5.6	239,477	60.7	9,325	2.4
CENTRAL	86,683	26	6,308	1.9	11,631	3.5	222,097	66.5	7,312	2.2
GT ACCRA	188,000	37	22,027		20,731	4.1	270,825	53.4	5,861	1.3
VOLTA	17,295	3.6	7,431	1.6	3,534	0.7	446,365	93.2	4,105	0.9
EASTERN	190,327	37.7	9,747	1.9	11,730	2.3	288,726	57.3	3,663	0.7
ASHANTI	431,380	60.5	17,620	2.5	25,298	3.6	234,237	32.9	4,049	0.57
B/AHAFO	116,041	29.5	20,646	5.3	8,979	2.3	243,361	61.9	3,837	1
NORTHERN	52,539	16.3	35,452	11	4,682	1.5	203,004	63	26,715	8.3
UPPER EAST	21,164	10.5	65,644	32.5	2,791	1.4	108,999	54	3,348	1.7
UPPER WEST	11,535	8.9	48,075	37.1	2,329	1.8	66,049	51	1,612	1.2
NATIONAL TOTAL	1,204,764	30.3	266,710	6.7	113,629	2.86	2,323,140	58.4	69,827	1.76

1992

Parliamentary results

29 DECEMBER 1992 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
Region	Party				Total Seats
Region	National Democratic Congress (NDC)	National Convention Party (NCP)	Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE)	Independents	Total Seats
Ashanti	33	–	–	–	33
Brong-Ahafo	20	–	–	1	21
Central	16	1	–	–	17
Eastern	22	3	1	–	26
Greater Accra	22	–	–	–	22
Northern	23	–	–	–	23
Upper East	11	–	–	1	12
Upper West	8	–	–	–	8
Volta	18	1	–	–	19
Western	16	3	–	–	19
National Total	189	8	1	2	200

REGION	VALID VOTES	PERCENTAGE TURNOUT	REGISTERED VOTERS
WESTERN	394,286	47.8	858,246
CENTRAL	334,031	47.7	733,004
GT. ACCRA	507,444	46	1,105,768
VOLTA	478,730	62.4	787,453
EASTERN	504,193	51	1,015,185
ASHANTI	712,584	53.1	1,265,670
B/AHAFO	392,864	46	578,187
NORTHERN	322,392	50.7	499,229
UPPER EAST	201,946	51.5	337,215
UPPER WEST	129,600	51	221,413
NATIONAL TOTAL	3,978,070	53.75	7,401,370

ELECTORAL RESULTS FOR YEAR 1996

PRESIDENTIAL

REGION	NDC		NPP		PNC
REGION	J.J Rawlings	%	Adu Boahen	%	E.N MAHAMA	%
WESTERN	405,992	57.3	289,730	40.9	12,862	1.8
CENTRAL	330,841	55.2	259,555	43.3	8,715	1.5
GT. ACCRA	658,626	54.0	528,484	43.3	32,723	2.7
VOLTA	690,421	94.5	34,538	4.7	5,292	0.7
EASTERN	459,092	53.8	384,597	45.0	10,251	1.2
ASHANTI	412,474	32.8	827,804	45.0	17,736	1.4
B/AHAFO	395,381	61.7	230,457	36.0	14,635	2.3
NORTHERN	370,030	61.1	199,801	33.0	35,472	5.9
UPPER EAST	230,791	69.0	58,041	17.4	45,696	13.7
UPPER WEST	145,812	74.6	21,871	11.2	27,754	14.2
NATIONAL TOTAL	4,099,460	57.4	2,834,878	39.7	211,136	3.0

1996 chart

7 DECEMBER 1996 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
Region	Party				Total Seats
Region	National Democratic Congress (NDC)	New Patriotic Party (NPP)	People’s Convention Party (PCP)	People’s National Convention (PNC)	Total Seats
Ashanti	5	27	–	–	32
Brong-Ahafo	17	4	–	–	21
Central	14	3	–	–	17
Eastern	15	11	–	–	26
Greater Accra	13	9	–	–	22
Northern	18	3	1	1	23
Upper East	12	–	–	–	12
Upper West	8	–	–	–	8
Volta	19	–	–	–	19
Western	12	3	4	–	19
National Total*	133	60	5	1	199

*Voting was postponed in one Ashanti Region constituency because of a legal dispute concerning the eligibility of candidates. The seat was subsequently won by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in a by-election held in June 1997.

ELECTORAL RESULTS FOR YEAR 2000

7 DECEMBER 2000 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
Region	Party					Total Seats
Region	New Patriotic Party (NPP)	National Democratic Congress (NDC)	People’s National Convention (PNC)	Convention People’s Party (CPP)	Independents	Total Seats
Ashanti	31	2	–	–	–	33
Brong Ahafo	14	7	–	–	–	21
Central	8	9	–	–	–	17
Eastern	18	8	–	–	–	26
Greater Accra	16	6	–	–	–	22
Northern	3	18	1	–	1	23
Upper East	2	8	1	–	1	12
Upper West	–	7	1	–	–	8
Volta	–	17	–	–	2	19
Western	8	10	–	1	–	19
National Total	100	92	3	1	4	200

ELECTORAL RESULTS FOR YEAR 2004

7 DECEMBER 2004 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
Region	Party					Total Seats
Region	New Patriotic Party (NPP)	National Democratic Congress (NDC)	People’s National Convention (PNC)	Convention People’s Party (CPP)	Independents	Total Seats
Ashanti	36	3	–	–	–	39
Brong-Ahafo	14	10	–	–	–	24
Central	16	2	–	1	–	19
Eastern	22	6	–	–	–	28
Greater Accra	16	11	–	–	–	27
Northern	8	17	–	–	1	26
Upper East	2	9	2	–	–	13
Upper West	1	7	2	–	–	10
Volta	1	21	–	–	–	22
Western	12	8	–	2	–	22
National Total	128	94	4	3	1	23

ELECTORAL RESULTS FOR YEAR 2008

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

Party	Number of Seats
National Democratic Congress (NDC)	114
New Patriotic Party (NPP)	107
People’s National Convention (PNC)	2
Convention People’s Party (CPP)	1
Independents	4
Vacant*	2
TOTAL	230

*Petitions were filed by candidates challenging the results in two constituencies. When the results were officially declared, both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) each gained an additional seat, bringing their totals to 115 and 108, respectively.

REGION	TOTAL VALID VOTES	REJECTED BALLOTS	TOTAL VOTES CAST	REG. VOTERS	TURNOUT
REGION	TOTAL VALID VOTES	REJECTED BALLOTS	TOTAL VOTES CAST	REG. VOTERS	TURNOUT
WESTERN	708,584	11,927	720,511	967,340	74.5
CENTRAL	599,111	13,213	612,324	774,469	79.1
GT. ACCRA	1,219,833	7,011	1,226,844	1,563,916	78.4
VOLTA	730,251	3,687	733,938	896,766	81.8
EASTERN	853,940	2,219	856,159	1,056,222	81.1
ASHANTI	1,258,014	12,057	1,270,071	1,592,854	79.7
B/AHAFO	640,473	10,004	650,477	903,989	72.0
NORTHERN	605,303	17,840	623,143	809,433	76.99
UPPER EAST	334,528	22,387	356,915	442,601	80.6
UPPER WEST	195,437	10,763	206,200	272,015	75.81
NATIONAL TOTAL	7,145,474	111,108	7,256,582	9,279,605	78.2

Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results

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