Ghanaian presidential election, 2008
- Ghanaian presidential election, 2008
A presidential election will be held in Ghana on 7 December 2008, at the same time as a parliamentary election. [ [http://www.mherrera.org/elections.htm Electoral Calendar- world elections,US elections,presidential election,world parties ] ]
On December 21 2006, former Vice-President John Atta-Mills, who unsuccessfully ran as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate in 2000 and 2004, was overwhelmingly elected by NDC as its candidate for the 2008 presidential election with a majority of 81.4%, or 1,362 votes. Ekwow Spio-Garbah was second with 8.7% (146 votes), Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu was third with 8.2% (137 votes), and Eddie Annan was fourth with 1.7% (28 votes). [ [http://www.modernghana.com/GhanaHome/NewsArchive/news_details.asp?t=mg&id=VFZSSmQwNTZaM2c9&menu_id=1&sub_menu_id=0 "NDC CONGRESS RESULTS-Prof Wins"] , Modernghana.com, December 22, 2006.] On April 9 2008, the NDC announced that John Mahama had been unanimously endorsed as the party's vice-presidential candidate by the NDC's National Executive Committee at an emergency meeting in Accra. [ [http://www.modernghana.com/news/162261/1/Mills-chooses-john-mahama-as-running-mate "Mills Chooses John Mahama As Running Mate"] , ModernGhana.com, April 10, 2008.]
Former Foreign Minister Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was elected as the 2008 presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) at a party congress on December 23 2007, receiving 47.96% of valid votes (1,096 votes). Although he fell short of the required 50%, the second-place candidate, John Alan Kyeremanten, conceded defeat and backed Akufo-Addo. [ [http://www.modernghana.com/GhanaHome/NewsArchive/news_details.asp?menu_id=1&id=VFZSVmVFMTZUVE09 "Akufo-Addo Is The Man Of The Moment - President"] , Modernghana.com, December 24, 2007.]
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