2000 Ghanaian general election

none August 2022 Ghana 1996 Ghanaian general election 1996 2004 Ghanaian general election 2004 yes Presidential election presidential 7 December 2000 (first round)28 December 2000 (second round) 61.74% (first round)60.37% (second round) John Kufuor 080915-A-8817J-090.JPG John Kufuor Aliu Mahama New Patriotic Party 3,631,263 56.90% John Atta-Mills election poster (cropped).jpg John Atta Mills Martin Amidu National Democratic Congress (Ghana) 2,750,124 43.10% 2000 Ghanaian presidential election (percentage by region).svg President Jerry John Rawlings National Democratic Congress (Ghana) President-elect John Kufuor New Patriotic Party General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December.Elections in Ghana https://web.archive.org/web/20120530060759/http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#2000_Presidential_Election 30 May 2012 African Elections Database In the presidential election, John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led the field in the first round of voting, taking 48 percent of the vote. Vice President John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) finished second, with 44 percent. Kufuor defeated Atta-Mills in the second round with 57 percent of the vote. The NPP also won the most seats in the parliamentary elections, ending eight years of NDC dominance. However, with 99 of the 200 seats, it was two seats short of a majority. The elections marked the first peaceful transfer of power via the ballot box in the country's history.Ayee J. The 2000 General Elections and Presidential Run-off in Ghana: An Overview Democratization 2002 9 2 148-174 10.1080/714000251Gyimah-Boadi Emmanuel 2001 A Peaceful Turnover in Ghana https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2001.0026 Journal of Democracy 12 2 103–117 10.1353/jod.2001.0026 1086-3214 subscription Results President John Kufuor Aliu Mahama New Patriotic Party 3131739 3631263 John Atta Mills Martin Amidu National Democratic Congress 2895575 2750124 Edward Mahama Bannerman Baah Ntim People's National Convention 189659 George Hagan Alhaji Ibrahim Mahama Convention People's Party 115641 Augustus Obuadum Tanoh Joseph Cletus Korsiba National Reform Party 78629 Dan Lartey Ewart Ladzagla Great Consolidated Popular Party 67504 Charles Wereko-Brobby Larry Addotey Addo United Ghana Movement 22123 104214 77616 10698652 10698652 Electoral Commission, African Elections Database Parliament File:Ghanaian Parliament 2000.svg New Patriotic Party 2937386 99 +38 National Democratic Congress 2691515 92 –41 Convention People's Party 285643 1 –4 People's National Convention 224657 3 +2 National Reform Party 147196 0 New United Ghana Movement 32632 0 New Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere 730 0 0 Independents 210998 4 +4 Vacant 1 – 102549 0 10698652 Electoral Commission, African Elections Database, Election Passport 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 List of MPs elected in the 2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election References External links Ghana: Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament: Elections held in 2000 Inter-Parliamentary Union Category:Presidential elections in Ghana Category:Parliamentary elections in Ghana Ghana General Category:December 2000 in Africa