2016 Ghanaian general election

2016 Ghanaian general election

Ghanaian legislative election

Country	Ghana
Applies to jurisdiction	Ghana
Follows	Ghana 2012 Vɔɔtʋg
Followed by	2020 Ghanaian general election
Point in time	7 Samanpiid/Nwadispii nɛ atan 2016

Ghana teŋgbauŋ wʋsa vɔtʋg linɛ da li yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayuobʋ 2016 la da linɛ Nasaa nwadis piinɛ ayi' la daba ayɔpɔi daar. Ba da vɔtnɛ gaŋ gɔmma zugraan nɛ wadmaanib. Ba da zi’el dabisir la nɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayuobʋ la ni; li nwadis piinɛ yinne la daba ayɔpɔi daar 7-11-2016,amaa banɛ an wadmaanibi bɛ Wadmaanib Yir da zan’as dabiskan la. Vɔt kan la ni ka Nana Akufo-Addo onɛ da an Minister for Foreign Affairs Zugraan president John Kufuor gɔmina ni ka an Wabʋg Paati la nid la da di gɔmina zugraan ka lieb Ghana President. O da nya'a na’am lanɛ nɔɔra atan' yʋ'ʋn di ka bas gɔmina zugdaan John Mahama onɛ an Ma’asim Tiig Paati (National Democratic Party) la nid. Ba da mɔɔl onɛ di vɔtʋg la nɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi' nɛ piinɛ ayuobʋ li nwadis piinɛ ayi' la daba awai daar, bɔzugɔ tɛɛns ayi' da nan pʋ vɔɔti naae. Lin da yi miti pisnu nɛ yinne gaad kɛrifa ayɔpɔi zaamnɔɔr la, ka Mahama da buol Akufo-Addo pʋ’ʋs o nɛ o zusʋŋ. Ka miti pisnaasi nɛ anu gaad kɛrif anii la, ka Vɔtʋg Tʋʋma dim la yina mɔɔl ye Akufo-Addo di vɔɔtʋg ka nyaŋi Mahama nɔɔr yimmʋ. Lina da an yiiga Ghana vɔɔtʋgin ka ba lug gɔmma zugraan kanɛ zin’in na’am kʋk ka mɔɔd ye ba lɛn vɔɔt o.

Vɔtʋg na keŋ si’em

Suokanɛ ka ba dɔlisidi vɔɔtid Gɔmma Zugraan Ghana nwa anɛ linɛ ka ba buon ye two-round system, ka din pa'al ye asɛɛ ka onɛ di la paam banɛ vɔɔt la kal pʋsʋg nɛ bi'ela bɛɛ 50% amaa wadmaanib banɛ an 275 ka zi'e tis constituency yinne-yinne la, ba yinne vɔt kal ya'a gaad bama la bi'ela, on sɔbi di kuk la. Ba buon dina ye first-past-the-post voting.

Nimbanɛ mɔr suor ye ba vɔt anɛ Ghana dim banɛ yʋma paae piinɛ anii bɛɛ gaad la, amaa gɛɛmis pʋ mɔr suori na vɔɔtɛ. Ka wadmaanib na’anya’adib la sʋm ka ba anɛ Ghana nidib ka mɛ yi zin’ikanɛ ka o nya’ad na’am la, bɛɛ o bɛ ani paae yʋma anu yʋʋm piiga pʋʋgin ka vɔtʋg la naan paae.

Na'am nya'ab

Zugraannam na'anya'adib

Nidib da gaad bam pii nɛ ayuobʋ banɛ da di’e gbana ofis kanɛ gɔt vɔɔtʋg yɛla ka ba buon ye, Election Commission la ye ba nya’a Zugraan na’am la. Amaa, bam pii nɛ atan’ ka ba da zan’as ye ba pʋ nar ye ba paas Zugraan na’anya’adibin la bɔzugɔ, ba pʋ dɔlli di suorɛ. Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, onɛ da an National Democratic Party mɛ da paas banɛ ka ba da pʋ tisi ba suor la. Banɛ ka ba da pʋ tisi ba sour la da yɛl ye, pɔlitics zug ka ba pʋ tisi ba sour la. Amaa Vɔɔtʋg ofis dim bɛɛ Electoral Commission (EC) da ki’is ya ye ban yɛt si’em la ka’ sida. Ban da pʋ tis bama la sour la, Zugraan na’anya’adib anaasi ma’aa da kpɛlim. Amaa Progressive People's Party (PPP) na’anya’ad onɛ an Paa Kwesi Nduom la da zaŋ EC la dʋ kooto bam pʋ tis o suor la zug. Kooto la da tis o bʋʋd ka kɛ ka o paas na’anya’adibin la. Din nya’aŋ, na’anya’adib ayi’ mɛ da keŋ kooto di ka ba yʋ’ʋn la’as bana ayɔpɔi.

Ivor Greenstreet onɛ da an Convention People's Party na’anya’ad la da an yiiga sɔbi nya’a teŋgbauŋ Zugraan ka an pɔn’ɔr.

Party	Presidential Candidate	Running Mate
National Democratic Congress	John Dramani Mahama	Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
Convention People's Party	Ivor Greenstreet	Gabby Nsiah Nketiah
New Patriotic Party	Nana Akufo-Addo	Mahamudu Bawumia
Progressive People's Party	Paa Kwesi Nduom	Brigitte Dzogbenuku
People's National Convention	Edward Mahama	Emmanuel Anyidoho
National Democratic Party	Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings	Kojo Mensah Sosu
Independent Candidate	Jacob Osei Yeboah	Daniel Wilson Torto

Gɔmma zugdaan John Mahama  da mɔr suor ka zi’enɛ paasi o nɔɔra ayi' bɔzugɔ o di’el na’am la ka li kpɛm nwadis ayuobʋ ma’aa nɛ ban na vɔt yi o zuraag John Atta Mills ni.  Ghana, nwa ni gɔmma zugdaan nya’adɔl  ya’a di’e na’am la , ka gaŋ  saŋkanɛ  ka ba mɔr na’am la pʋʋsʋg  kpɛlim , ba na basi o ka mɔr na’am la saŋa yinne ma’aa. ,  saŋa la pʋʋsʋg   ya’a gaŋ , gɔmma nya’adɔl  mɔr suor ka mɔr na’am la saŋa nɔɔra ayi.

Wadmaanib na’anya’adib

Nidib 1,144 daa nya’ad wadmaanib na’am la bɛ 275 wadmaanib kʋk la ni. NDC nɛ NPP wʋsa mɔr  275 na’anya’adib, ka CPP (222 na’anya’dib)  nɛ PPP (163) ka paati nam ayi daa an paati banɛ ma’aa paam na’am la pʋʋsʋg -pʋʋsʋg .Ka  PNC mɔr 64 na’anya’adib, ka NDP mɔr 33 na’anya’adib, ka APC mɔr 20 na’anya’adib, ka  GCPP mɔr  10 na’anya’adib, ka UFP mɔr six na’anya’adib , ka DPP nɛ UPP wʋsa mɔr na’anya’ad yinne- yinne ma’aa. ka 74 an asu’oe -m-mɛŋ na’anya’adib.

Pʋtɛn’ɛr vɔtʋg

Gɔmma zudaan nam

Poll source	Date	Sample size	Undecided	Mahama NDC	Akufo-Addo NPP	Nduom PPP	Greenstreet CPP	Other candidates	Notes
Restart International	5 December 2016	2,000		54.7%	43.7%
Ben Ephson	28 November 2016	N/A		52.4%	45.9%	1.7%			2% margin of error
Ben Ephson	October 2016	N/A		50.8%	47.5%	1.7%			2% margin of error
Goodman AMC	August 2016	2,184	N/A	48%	45%	7%	0%		2.1% margin of error
Goodman AMC	June 2016	1,644	N/A	44%	49%	6%	1%		2.3% margin of error
Goodman AMC	April 2016	1,216	N/A	32%	65%	3%	0%

Results

Constituencies nam nɛ  banɛ di

■ – Nana Akufo-Addo

■ – John Dramani Mahama

Gɔmma zugdaan nam

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Nana Akufo-Addo	Mahamudu Bawumia	New Patriotic Party	5,755,758	53.72
	John Dramani Mahama	Kwesi Amissah-Arthur	National Democratic Congress	4,771,188	44.53
	Paa Kwesi Nduom	Brigitte Dzogbenuku	Progressive People's Party	106,092	0.99
	Ivor Greenstreet	Gabby Nsiah Nketiah	Convention People's Party	25,552	0.24
	Edward Mahama	Emmanuel Anyidoho	People's National Convention	22,214	0.21
	Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings	Kojo Mensah Sosu	National Democratic Party	16,935	0.16
	Jacob Osei Yeboah	Daniel Wilson Torto	Independent	15,911	0.15
Total				10,713,650	100.00
Valid votes				10,713,650	98.46
Invalid/blank votes				167,349	1.54
Total votes				10,880,999	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				15,712,499	69.25

Sʋ’ʋllim nam

Region
	Nana Akufo-Addo NPP		John Dramani Mahama NDC
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Ashanti	1,640,694	75.98	503,497	23.32
Brong-Ahafo	531,147	53.87	422,789	44.91
Central	496,668	53.22	405,262	43.43
Eastern	674,240	63.30	379,675	35.65
Greater Accra	1,062,157	52.42	946,048	46.69
Northern	429,375	41.89	569,853	55.59
Upper East	157,398	34.93	271,796	60.32
Upper West	102,843	35.94	167,032	58.37
Volta	135,077	17.38	629,398	80.97
Western	526,159	52.38	455,838	45.38

Wadmaanib

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Patriotic Party	5,661,248	52.48	169	+47
	National Democratic Congress	4,560,491	42.28	106	–42
	Progressive People's Party	186,741	1.73	0	0
	Convention People's Party	69,346	0.64	0	–1
	People's National Convention	42,236	0.39	0	–1
	National Democratic Party	19,450	0.18	0	0
	All People's Congress	2,527	0.02	0	New
	Great Consolidated Popular Party	1,368	0.01	0	0
	United Front Party	896	0.01	0	0
	Democratic People's Party	867	0.01	0	0
	United Progressive Party	430	0.00	0	New
	Independents	241,884	2.24	0	–3
Total		10,787,484	100.00	275	0
Valid votes		10,787,484	98.98
Invalid/blank votes		111,137	1.02
Total votes		10,898,621	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		15,639,690	69.69

Gɔsim mɛ

• List of MPs elected in the 2016 Ghanaian parliamentary election