1992 Ghanaian presidential election

none February 2021 Ghana presidential 1979 Ghanaian general election 1979 1996 Ghanaian general election 1996 3 November 1992 50.16% 130x130px Jerry Rawlings visits AMISOM 02 (6874167713) (cropped).jpg Jerry Rawlings National Democratic Congress (Ghana) no Progressive Alliance 2,323,135 58.40% Albert Adu Boahen New Patriotic Party — 1,204,764 30.29% Hilla Limann (cropped).jpg E62020 Hilla Limann PNC — 266,710 6.70% 1992 Ghanaian presidential election (percentage by region) no heading.svg President Jerry Rawlings National Democratic Congress (Ghana) Presidential elections were held in Ghana on 3 November 1992. They were the first contested elections held in the country since 1979, and only the fourth contested elections of any sort since the country gained independence in 1957. Jerry Rawlings, who had led the country since taking power in a 1981 coup, had grudgingly agreed to hold multiparty elections earlier in the year. Rawlings ran as the candidate of the Progressive Alliance, which included his National Democratic Congress, and won 58.4% of the vote, enough to win without the need for a runoff. Voter turnout was 50.2%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p. 438 0-19-829645-2 The opposition accused Rawlings and his supporters of engaging in massive fraud,Lyons Terrence 1997 Ghana’s Encouraging Elections: A Major Step Forward https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.1997.0019 Journal of Democracy 8 2 65–77 10.1353/jod.1997.0019 1086-3214 subscription including ballot-box stuffing and altering results after they were certified. Nonetheless, international observers pronounced the elections free and fair.https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/06/world/ghana-s-leader-wins-election-as-president.html Ghana's Leader Wins Election as President The New York Times 6 November 1992 Results Jerry Rawlings Progressive Alliance (NDC–NCP–EGLE) 2323135 Albert Adu Boahen New Patriotic Party 1204764 Hilla Limann People's National Convention 266710 Kwabena Darko National Independence Party 113629 Emmanuel Erskine People's Heritage Party 69827 149811 8229902 Nohlen et al. References Category:Presidential elections in Ghana Presidential Ghana Ghana