“At the end of the polls, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party, obtained 6,730,413 votes, being 51.595% of the total valid votes cast.”<\/p>\n
Africanews<\/a> said Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the electoral commission announced before an audience made up of observersm political party officials and journalists.<\/p>\n ALSO READ:<\/strong>\u00a0Deborah Birx: Trump coronavirus coordinator seeks role in Biden government<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Last week both leading candidates had signed a solemn undertaking\u00a0 to resolve any electoral disputes through legal channels and called on their supporters to refrain from violence.<\/p>\n Earlier on Wednesday the police said five people had been killed from electoral violence since Monday. The Ghanaian Police Service said it recorded over 60 incidents.<\/p>\n “Twenty-one of the incidents are true cases of electoral violence, six of which involve gunshots resulting in the death of five,” it said.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, opposition leader John Mahama warned President Nana Akufo-Addo against any attempt to steal this week’s election, as both sides claimed they were winning ahead of official results of the vote.<\/p>\n The elections have largely been deemed free and fair by observers but the strong statement by John Mahama raised tensions after Monday’s presidential and parliamentary polls in a country known for stability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ghana’s incumbent president Nana Addo Akufo-Addo has been declared winner of the country’s presidential election. In an announcement on Wednesday, the country’s election commission said Akufo Ado had polled 51.59 per cent as against main […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,2],"tags":[1173,1172,115],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-5758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-politics","9":"category-top-news","10":"tag-ghana-presidential-election","11":"tag-john-mahama","12":"tag-nana-akufo-addo"},"yoast_head":"\n