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

Expected between 2028-12-29T00:00:00Z and 2029-01-04T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence estimate. The EC Chairperson, as returning officer, declares the result; no deadline for the declaration was found in the Constitution. The EC's 2024 programme planned the declaration of a run-off 'Sunday, 29th December' to 'Tuesday, 31st December, 2024' (one to three days after polling) and the gazette notice on 31 Dec. No run-off has been held since that programme, so the window is an ESTIMATE from it and the first-round precedent (2024 declaration on day 2): from the start of 29 Dec 2028 to the end of 4 Jan 2029 (day 7), late on purpose and before the swearing-in on 7 Jan 2029. A tie leads to another election within 21 days (art. 63). A petition to the Supreme Court may be filed within 21 days of the declaration (art. 64(1); judgment due on the 42nd day after filing under C.I. 99 rule 69C, per the Daily Graphic), but no court has to confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage.

Where are the official President results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Electoral Commission of Ghana (https://ec.gov.gh/).

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Ghana runoff 2028

Name: Ghana runoff 2028
Start: 2028-12-28
Location: Ghana

Polling day Thu, 28 Dec 2028 Date not yet official. Counted by Electoral Commission of Ghana. Times are Accra time; hover for UTC.

Held only if no candidate obtains more than fifty per cent of the valid votes cast at the presidential election of 7 Dec 2028 (tentative). A second election is then held within twenty-one days after the first, between the two candidates with the most votes, subject to withdrawals (Constitution art. 63(3)-(5)). Parliament has no second round.

29 Dec 2028 – 4 Jan 2029

Final result window, our estimate: treat with care. Treat as final after Thu 4 Jan, 23:59 Accra time.

Polls close: Thu 28 Dec, 17:00
First count by: Sat 30 Dec, 23:59
Counted by: Electoral Commission of Ghana
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: ec.gov.gh

Count stages

29 Dec31 Dec2 Jan4 Jan

Election-night count

28–30 DecElection-night count: Thu 28 Dec, 17:00 → Sat 30 Dec, 23:59, estimate.

Final result

29 Dec 2028 – 4 JanFinal result: Fri 29 Dec, 00:00 → Thu 4 Jan, 23:59, estimate.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateAccra time. Polls close in 818 days.

Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Thu 28 Dec, 17:00 → Sat 30 Dec, 23:59
estimate

Polls close at 17:00 local, 17:00 UTC (Africa/Accra, no daylight saving; 2024 hours per EC press release of 24 Nov 2024; the run-off hours are not yet set). Polling-station results are collated at constituency, regional and national level; the EC publishes no running national total. The window's end (end of day 2) is an ESTIMATE matching the first-round precedent. Provisional, not the declared result.
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Thu 4 Jan, 23:59.
Final result
Fri 29 Dec, 00:00 → Thu 4 Jan, 23:59
estimate

The EC Chairperson, as returning officer, declares the result; no deadline for the declaration was found in the Constitution. The EC's 2024 programme planned the declaration of a run-off 'Sunday, 29th December' to 'Tuesday, 31st December, 2024' (one to three days after polling) and the gazette notice on 31 Dec. No run-off has been held since that programme, so the window is an ESTIMATE from it and the first-round precedent (2024 declaration on day 2): from the start of 29 Dec 2028 to the end of 4 Jan 2029 (day 7), late on purpose and before the swearing-in on 7 Jan 2029. A tie leads to another election within 21 days (art. 63). A petition to the Supreme Court may be filed within 21 days of the declaration (art. 64(1); judgment due on the 42nd day after filing under C.I. 99 rule 69C, per the Daily Graphic), but no court has to confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage.

Results sources 6 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
ec.gov.gh/blog/	results-final	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
constituteproject.org/constitution/Ghana_1996	timetable	other	no (election page without a 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/Elections_in_Ghana	see-also	other	no (no election or 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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Global Election Index, “Ghana runoff 2028”, https://electionindex.org/election/ghana-presidential-2028-r2, dataset 2026-10-02.be7d6f40. CC BY 4.0.

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution of Ghana 1992 arts. 63, 64 (constituteproject.org); EC Programme of Activities for 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections and press release of 24 Nov 2024 (ec.gov.gh); Daily Graphic on C.I. 99 and the 2020 petition (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-10-02.

Questions and answers

When is the Ghana runoff 2028?: Polling day is 2028-12-28, not yet officially confirmed. Held only if no candidate obtains more than fifty per cent of the valid votes cast at the presidential election of 7 Dec 2028 (tentative). A second election is then held within twenty-one days after the first, between the two candidates with the most votes, subject to withdrawals (Constitution art. 63(3)-(5)). Parliament has no second round.
When will the final result of the President race be official?: Expected between 2028-12-29T00:00:00Z and 2029-01-04T23:59:59Z (UTC), confidence estimate. The EC Chairperson, as returning officer, declares the result; no deadline for the declaration was found in the Constitution. The EC's 2024 programme planned the declaration of a run-off 'Sunday, 29th December' to 'Tuesday, 31st December, 2024' (one to three days after polling) and the gazette notice on 31 Dec. No run-off has been held since that programme, so the window is an ESTIMATE from it and the first-round precedent (2024 declaration on day 2): from the start of 29 Dec 2028 to the end of 4 Jan 2029 (day 7), late on purpose and before the swearing-in on 7 Jan 2029. A tie leads to another election within 21 days (art. 63). A petition to the Supreme Court may be filed within 21 days of the declaration (art. 64(1); judgment due on the 42nd day after filing under C.I. 99 rule 69C, per the Daily Graphic), but no court has to confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
Where are the official President results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Electoral Commission of Ghana (https://ec.gov.gh/).