2000 Ghanaian general election

Ghanaian presidential election, 2000

7 December 2000

Nominee John Kufuor John Atta Mills Party NPP NDC Popular vote 3,631,263 2,750,124 Percentage 56.9% 43.1%

President before election Jerry John Rawlings NDC President-elect John Kufuor NPP

General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), whilst the NPP also won the most seats in the parliamentary elections.

The election marked the first transfer of power via the ballot box in the country's history.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
John Kufuor	New Patriotic Party	3,131,739	48.17	3,631,263	56.90
John Atta Mills	National Democratic Congress	2,895,575	44.54	2,750,124	43.10
Edward Mahama	People's National Convention	189,659	2.92
George Hagan	Convention People's Party	115,641	1.78
Augustus Obuadum Tanoh	National Reform Party	78,629	1.21
Dan Lartey	Great Consolidated Popular Party	67,504	1.04
Charles Wereko-Brobby	United Ghana Movement	22,123	0.34
Invalid/blank votes		104,214	–	77,616	–
Total		6,605,084	100	6,459,003	100
Registered voters/turnout		10,698,652	61.7	10,698,652	60.4
Source: African Elections Database

Parliament

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
New Patriotic Party	2,937,386	44.98	99	+38
National Democratic Congress	2,691,515	41.21	92	–41
People's National Convention	224,657	3.44	3	+2
National Reform Party	147,196	2.25	0	New
Convention People's Party	85,643	1.31	1	–4
United Ghana Movement	32,632	0.50	0	New
Other parties	411,728	6.30	0	–
Independents			4	+4
Vacant	–	–	1	–
Invalid/blank votes	102,549	–	–	–
Total	6,633,306	100	200	0
Registered voters/turnout	10,698,652	62.0	–	–
Source: African Elections Database

The vacant seat was filled by a by-election on 3 January 2001 and won by the NPP.

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
• MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000