When is the Ghana general election 2024?

Polling day is 2024-12-07 (officially set).

When will the final result of the President race be official?

Expected between polls close and 2024-12-10T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. FINAL ACT: the Chairperson's declaration of the presidential result on 9 Dec 2024. The EC Chairperson is the returning officer for the presidential election (Public Elections Regulations 2020, C.I. 127, reg. 2(1), per ghana-general-2028) and declares the result after collating the 16 regional results. The EC's own record of the date is its press release of 10 Jan 2025 ('2024 Presidential Election Results - Results from 275 out of 276 constituencies', signed Jean Mensa, Chairperson): '*NB: This is an update to the announcement made on 9th December 2024 which was based on 267 out of 276 constituencies. The outcome of the 7th December 2024 elections remains unchanged.' The EC published no press release or results page of its own on 9 Dec (its press-release index has none between 12 Nov and 24 Dec 2024), and the 10 Jan release gives a date only, so observedAt is the end of 9 Dec 2024 local (Africa/Accra = UTC), stated as such; the declaration was broadcast live that day (press, e.g. GhanaFact 26 Dec 2024), time not taken from press. Day 2 after polling. The gazette notice (EC programme: 9-11 Dec) states only who was elected, without figures (EC Deputy Chairperson to GhanaFact, 26 Dec 2024); it was not found online. EXPECTED: no constitutional or statutory deadline for the declaration; the EC's programme set 'Declaration of Elections Results' for 7-10 Dec 2024, so expectedBy is the end of 10 Dec 2024. The 10 Jan 2025 update (275 of 276 constituencies, Ablekuma North outstanding) is the EC's last presidential publication and the source of the counts below; it changed the figures, not the outcome. No petition was filed under art. 64(1) as far as found, and no court must confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage. Polls closed 17:00 local = 17:00 UTC (EC press release, 24 Nov 2024).

When will the final result of the Parliament race be official?

Expected between polls close and 2024-12-18T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Members are elected by first past the post in 276 single-member constituencies; each constituency returning officer declares the seat at the constituency collation centre, and the EC then gazettes the results (EC programme: 'Declaration of Elections Results' 7-10 Dec, gazette publication of parliamentary results 9-18 Dec 2024), so expectedBy is the end of 18 Dec 2024, from the EC's own programme. Polls closed 17:00 local = 17:00 UTC (EC press release, 24 Nov 2024). WHAT HAPPENED (EC's own words): the Chairperson's statement of 19 Dec 2024, 11:00 ('Statement on the outstanding nine (9) parliamentary constituencies', posted on ec.gov.gh on 24 Dec 2024): collation in nine constituencies had not been completed after disruptions at their collation centres. EC press release of 17 Jan 2025 (Samuel Tettey, Deputy Chairman, Operations): 'following the Order of the High Court on 4th January, 2025 directing the Commission to continue the collation of Polling Station results and declare the winners of the four outstanding Parliamentary Elections, the only Constituency still outstanding is Ablekuma North'. EC press release of 2 Jul 2025: elections in 19 polling stations of Ablekuma North on Fri 11 Jul 2025. NO observedAt: the final act for the last seat (the Ablekuma North declaration after the 11 Jul 2025 rerun, reported in press as a win for the NDC candidate on 11-12 Jul 2025, Citi Newsroom) is not recorded on ec.gov.gh (its press-release index has nothing on Ablekuma North after 2 Jul 2025, read 3 Oct 2026), and no gazette of the parliamentary results was found online. Seats outstanding past the window: 9 on 19 Dec 2024, 1 from mid-Jan 2025 to Jul 2025 (about day 216). There is no separate provisional national count and no court-validation stage (parliamentary petitions go to the High Court; none must confirm the result).

Where are the official President results?

https://ec.gov.gh/2024-presidential-election-results/, https://ec.gov.gh/2024-election-results/

Where are the official Parliament results?

https://ec.gov.gh/2024-election-results/

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Ghana general election 2024

Name: Ghana general election 2024
Start: 2024-12-07
Location: Ghana

Polling day Sat, 7 Dec 2024. 2 races. Counted by Electoral Commission of Ghana. Times are Accra time; hover for UTC.

Stale: parliament: final-result was expected by 2024-12-18T23:59:59Z and has not been observed yet. Treat the windows below with care until the record is re-verified.

President Final declared

Final: 9 Dec 2024

Final result declared Mon 9 Dec, 23:59 Accra time, published by the authority: ec.gov.gh/2024-presidential-election-results/. The window was By 10 Dec 2024.

Polls close: Sat 7 Dec, 17:00
Counted by: Electoral Commission of Ghana
Results page: ec.gov.gh/2024-presidential-election-results/
ec.gov.gh/2024-election-results/

Parliament Awaiting confirmation

By 18 Dec 2024

Final result window, set by the law or the authority. It closed Wed 18 Dec, 23:59: the final result should be out, but we have not confirmed it from the authority yet.

Polls close: Sat 7 Dec, 17:00
First count by: not set
Counted by: Electoral Commission of Ghana
Results page: ec.gov.gh/2024-election-results/

President

Final count

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA	NDC	6,591,790	56.4%
MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA	NPP	4,877,611	41.8%
NANA KWAME BEDIAKO	INDEPENDENT	88,944	0.8%
ALAN JOHN KWADWO KYEREMATEN	INDEPENDENT	32,457	0.3%
NANA AKOSUA FRIMPOMAA	CPP	23,991	0.2%
HASSAN ABDULAI AYARIGA	APC	17,938	0.1%
DANIEL AUGUSTUS LARTEY JNR.	GCPP	17,299	0.1%
CHRISTIAN KWABENA ANDREWS	GUM	17,030	0.1%
KOFI AKPALOO	LPG	5,327	0.1%
MOHAMMED FRIMPONG	NDP	4,499	0.0%
KOFI KORANTENG	INDEPENDENT	3,415	0.0%
GEORGE TWUM-BARIMAH-ADU	INDEPENDENT	3,182	0.0%
Total votes		11,683,483

Turnout 64.0%: 11,931,420 ballots from 18,652,926 registered voters.

Figures from the EC's update of 10 Jan 2025, 'results from 275 out of 276 constituencies' (Ablekuma North outstanding); the declaration of 9 Dec 2024 was based on 267 of 276 and the EC says the outcome 'remains unchanged'. publishedAt is the date of this update, not of the 9 Dec declaration, whose figures the EC did not publish on its site. Candidate names and party initials as the EC writes them. Total valid votes 11,683,483 (rows add up to exactly this; counted by us); total rejected ballots 247,937; total votes cast (A+B) 11,931,420. Registered voters: the EC gives 18,774,195 in total, less 121,269 in the outstanding Ablekuma North = 18,652,926 in 275 constituencies, used as electorate here to match the ballots; EC turnout in 275 constituencies 63.97%. Mahama 56.42% of valid votes, marked 'ELECTED' (more than 50%, art. 63(3)). Left out: candidate 13, AKUA DONKOR (GFP), shown by the EC with '-' votes and 0.00% (she died on 29 Oct 2024, EC press release of 30 Oct 2024). LICENCE: copied under the orchestrator's licence rule of 3 Oct 2026 (counts may be copied from the authority's own official publication when no reuse terms are stated, unless the terms forbid reuse or limit it to non-commercial use). The EC site has no terms-of-use or licence page (ec.gov.gh/terms-of-use/, /terms-and-conditions/, /copyright/ and /disclaimer/ returned 404 on 3 Oct 2026); its Privacy Policy (https://ec.gov.gh/privacy-policy/) says nothing on reuse of content; the site footer reads '(c) Copyright 2024 | Electoral Commission Ghana | All Rights Reserved.' The Copyright Act 2005 (Act 690) does NOT exclude election results: s.8(1) ('Public benefit works') removes the rights only for '(a) an enactment, (b) a decision made by a court or tribunal ..., (c) a report made by a commission of enquiry ... and (d) ... news', and s.3 vests copyright in works made under the direction or control of the President in the President on behalf of the people (Act 690 text as printed, ARIPO copy https://aripo.org/storage/resources-member-state-laws/1674643138_phpg6pgca.pdf, read 3 Oct 2026; WIPO Lex https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/1789; ghalii.org returned 403). The EC's gazette notice carries no figures (EC Deputy Chairperson Bossman Asare to GhanaFact, 26 Dec 2024: 'We do not gazette with figures or percentages'), so no enactment holds these counts. Published by Electoral Commission of Ghana (press release signed by the Chairperson, Jean Mensa), 10 Jan 2025: ec.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-Presidential-Election-Results-scaled.jpg. Official publication of the Electoral Commission of Ghana; no reuse terms stated.

8 Dec9 Dec10 Dec11 Dec

Final result

by 10 DecFinal result: by Tue 10 Dec, 23:59, announced. Published Mon 9 Dec, 23:59.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateAccra time. Every window on this chart has passed.

Stage windows and their sources 1 stage, each cited

Final result
— → Tue 10 Dec, 23:59
announced

FINAL ACT: the Chairperson's declaration of the presidential result on 9 Dec 2024. The EC Chairperson is the returning officer for the presidential election (Public Elections Regulations 2020, C.I. 127, reg. 2(1), per ghana-general-2028) and declares the result after collating the 16 regional results. The EC's own record of the date is its press release of 10 Jan 2025 ('2024 Presidential Election Results - Results from 275 out of 276 constituencies', signed Jean Mensa, Chairperson): '*NB: This is an update to the announcement made on 9th December 2024 which was based on 267 out of 276 constituencies. The outcome of the 7th December 2024 elections remains unchanged.' The EC published no press release or results page of its own on 9 Dec (its press-release index has none between 12 Nov and 24 Dec 2024), and the 10 Jan release gives a date only, so observedAt is the end of 9 Dec 2024 local (Africa/Accra = UTC), stated as such; the declaration was broadcast live that day (press, e.g. GhanaFact 26 Dec 2024), time not taken from press. Day 2 after polling. The gazette notice (EC programme: 9-11 Dec) states only who was elected, without figures (EC Deputy Chairperson to GhanaFact, 26 Dec 2024); it was not found online. EXPECTED: no constitutional or statutory deadline for the declaration; the EC's programme set 'Declaration of Elections Results' for 7-10 Dec 2024, so expectedBy is the end of 10 Dec 2024. The 10 Jan 2025 update (275 of 276 constituencies, Ablekuma North outstanding) is the EC's last presidential publication and the source of the counts below; it changed the figures, not the outcome. No petition was filed under art. 64(1) as far as found, and no court must confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage. Polls closed 17:00 local = 17:00 UTC (EC press release, 24 Nov 2024).
Observed 9 Dec 2024, 23:59

Results sources 7 pages, 2 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
ec.gov.gh/2024-presidential-election-results/	results-final	race results	yes	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh/2024-election-results/	results-final	race results	yes	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh/programme-of-activities-for-2024-presidential-and-parliamentary-elections/	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh/saturday-7th-december-2024-date-of-2024-general-election/	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
constituteproject.org/constitution/Ghana_1996	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ghanaian_general_election	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

Parliament 276 seats

8 Dec15 Dec

Final result

by 18 DecFinal result: by Wed 18 Dec, 23:59, announced.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateAccra time. Every window on this chart has passed.

Stage windows and their sources 1 stage, each cited

Final result
— → Wed 18 Dec, 23:59
announced

Members are elected by first past the post in 276 single-member constituencies; each constituency returning officer declares the seat at the constituency collation centre, and the EC then gazettes the results (EC programme: 'Declaration of Elections Results' 7-10 Dec, gazette publication of parliamentary results 9-18 Dec 2024), so expectedBy is the end of 18 Dec 2024, from the EC's own programme. Polls closed 17:00 local = 17:00 UTC (EC press release, 24 Nov 2024). WHAT HAPPENED (EC's own words): the Chairperson's statement of 19 Dec 2024, 11:00 ('Statement on the outstanding nine (9) parliamentary constituencies', posted on ec.gov.gh on 24 Dec 2024): collation in nine constituencies had not been completed after disruptions at their collation centres. EC press release of 17 Jan 2025 (Samuel Tettey, Deputy Chairman, Operations): 'following the Order of the High Court on 4th January, 2025 directing the Commission to continue the collation of Polling Station results and declare the winners of the four outstanding Parliamentary Elections, the only Constituency still outstanding is Ablekuma North'. EC press release of 2 Jul 2025: elections in 19 polling stations of Ablekuma North on Fri 11 Jul 2025. NO observedAt: the final act for the last seat (the Ablekuma North declaration after the 11 Jul 2025 rerun, reported in press as a win for the NDC candidate on 11-12 Jul 2025, Citi Newsroom) is not recorded on ec.gov.gh (its press-release index has nothing on Ablekuma North after 2 Jul 2025, read 3 Oct 2026), and no gazette of the parliamentary results was found online. Seats outstanding past the window: 9 on 19 Dec 2024, 1 from mid-Jan 2025 to Jul 2025 (about day 216). There is no separate provisional national count and no court-validation stage (parliamentary petitions go to the High Court; none must confirm the result).

Results sources 9 pages, 1 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
ec.gov.gh/2024-election-results/	results-final	race results	yes	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh/statement-on-the-outstanding-nine-9-parliamentary-constituencies-delivered-by-the-chairperson/	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh/update-on-the-collation-of-polling-station-results-for-the-ablekuma-north-constituency/	see-also	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh/elections-in-selected-polling-stations-in-ablekuma-north-constituency/	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh/programme-of-activities-for-2024-presidential-and-parliamentary-elections/	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh/saturday-7th-december-2024-date-of-2024-general-election/	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ablekuma_North_parliamentary_election_rerun	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ghanaian_general_election	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
ec.gov.gh	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

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Questions and answers

When is the Ghana general election 2024?: Polling day is 2024-12-07 (officially set).
When will the final result of the President race be official?: Expected between polls close and 2024-12-10T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. FINAL ACT: the Chairperson's declaration of the presidential result on 9 Dec 2024. The EC Chairperson is the returning officer for the presidential election (Public Elections Regulations 2020, C.I. 127, reg. 2(1), per ghana-general-2028) and declares the result after collating the 16 regional results. The EC's own record of the date is its press release of 10 Jan 2025 ('2024 Presidential Election Results - Results from 275 out of 276 constituencies', signed Jean Mensa, Chairperson): '*NB: This is an update to the announcement made on 9th December 2024 which was based on 267 out of 276 constituencies. The outcome of the 7th December 2024 elections remains unchanged.' The EC published no press release or results page of its own on 9 Dec (its press-release index has none between 12 Nov and 24 Dec 2024), and the 10 Jan release gives a date only, so observedAt is the end of 9 Dec 2024 local (Africa/Accra = UTC), stated as such; the declaration was broadcast live that day (press, e.g. GhanaFact 26 Dec 2024), time not taken from press. Day 2 after polling. The gazette notice (EC programme: 9-11 Dec) states only who was elected, without figures (EC Deputy Chairperson to GhanaFact, 26 Dec 2024); it was not found online. EXPECTED: no constitutional or statutory deadline for the declaration; the EC's programme set 'Declaration of Elections Results' for 7-10 Dec 2024, so expectedBy is the end of 10 Dec 2024. The 10 Jan 2025 update (275 of 276 constituencies, Ablekuma North outstanding) is the EC's last presidential publication and the source of the counts below; it changed the figures, not the outcome. No petition was filed under art. 64(1) as far as found, and no court must confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage. Polls closed 17:00 local = 17:00 UTC (EC press release, 24 Nov 2024).
When will the final result of the Parliament race be official?: Expected between polls close and 2024-12-18T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Members are elected by first past the post in 276 single-member constituencies; each constituency returning officer declares the seat at the constituency collation centre, and the EC then gazettes the results (EC programme: 'Declaration of Elections Results' 7-10 Dec, gazette publication of parliamentary results 9-18 Dec 2024), so expectedBy is the end of 18 Dec 2024, from the EC's own programme. Polls closed 17:00 local = 17:00 UTC (EC press release, 24 Nov 2024). WHAT HAPPENED (EC's own words): the Chairperson's statement of 19 Dec 2024, 11:00 ('Statement on the outstanding nine (9) parliamentary constituencies', posted on ec.gov.gh on 24 Dec 2024): collation in nine constituencies had not been completed after disruptions at their collation centres. EC press release of 17 Jan 2025 (Samuel Tettey, Deputy Chairman, Operations): 'following the Order of the High Court on 4th January, 2025 directing the Commission to continue the collation of Polling Station results and declare the winners of the four outstanding Parliamentary Elections, the only Constituency still outstanding is Ablekuma North'. EC press release of 2 Jul 2025: elections in 19 polling stations of Ablekuma North on Fri 11 Jul 2025. NO observedAt: the final act for the last seat (the Ablekuma North declaration after the 11 Jul 2025 rerun, reported in press as a win for the NDC candidate on 11-12 Jul 2025, Citi Newsroom) is not recorded on ec.gov.gh (its press-release index has nothing on Ablekuma North after 2 Jul 2025, read 3 Oct 2026), and no gazette of the parliamentary results was found online. Seats outstanding past the window: 9 on 19 Dec 2024, 1 from mid-Jan 2025 to Jul 2025 (about day 216). There is no separate provisional national count and no court-validation stage (parliamentary petitions go to the High Court; none must confirm the result).
Where are the official President results?: https://ec.gov.gh/2024-presidential-election-results/, https://ec.gov.gh/2024-election-results/
Where are the official Parliament results?: https://ec.gov.gh/2024-election-results/