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2004 Ghanaian general election
Presidential election
Turnout 85.12%
General elections were held in
John Atta-Mills of the
National Democratic Congress with 52 percent of the vote in the first round, enough to win without the need for a runoff. The parliamentary elections saw the NPP win 128 seats in the expanded 230-seat Parliament, an outright majority.
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Presidential election
There were four candidates:
Results
President
Candidate Running mate Party Votes % John Kufuor Aliu Mahama New Patriotic Party 4,524,074 52.45 John Atta Mills Muhammad Mumuni National Democratic Congress 3,850,368 44.64 Edward Mahama Danny Ofori Atta Grand Coalition 165,375 1.92 George Aggudey Bright Kwame Ameyaw Convention People's Party 85,968 1.00 Total 8,625,785 100.00 Valid votes 8,625,785 97.87 Invalid/blank votes 188,123 2.13 Total votes 8,813,908 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 10,354,970 85.12 Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana
Parliament
Party Votes % Seats +/– New Patriotic Party 4,212,844 49.04 128 +28 National Democratic Congress 3,505,074 40.80 94 +2 Convention People's Party 247,753 2.88 3 +2 People's National Convention 183,134 2.13 4 +1 Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere 16,097 0.19 0 0 National Reform Party 11,364 0.13 0 0 Democratic People's Party 9,955 0.12 0 New Great Consolidated Popular Party 4,690 0.05 0 New Independents 398,981 4.64 1 –3 Total 8,589,892 100.00 230 +30 Valid votes 8,589,892 98.38 Invalid/blank votes 141,177 1.62 Total votes 8,731,069 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 10,381,152 84.11 Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana
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