2004 Ghanaian general election

2004 Ghanaian general election

7 December 2004
Presidential election
Turnout	85.12%
Nominee John Kufuor John Atta Mills Party NPP NDC Running mate Aliu Mahama Muhammad Mumuni Popular vote 4,524,074 3,850,368 Percentage 52.45% 44.64%
President before election John Kufuor NPP Elected President John Kufuor NPP

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General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2004. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for incumbent John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who defeated John Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress with 52 percent of the vote in the first round, enough to win without the need for a runoff. The parliamentary elections saw the NPP win 128 seats in the expanded 230-seat Parliament, an outright majority.^[1]

There were four candidates:

• George Aggudey (Convention People's Party)
• John Kufuor (New Patriotic Party) - incumbent
• John Atta Mills (National Democratic Congress)
• Edward Mahama (Grand Coalition, an alliance of the People's National Convention, Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere, and Great Consolidated Popular Party)

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Patriotic Party	4,212,844	49.04	128	+28
	National Democratic Congress	3,505,074	40.80	94	+2
	Convention People's Party	247,753	2.88	3	+2
	People's National Convention	183,134	2.13	4	+1
	Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere	16,097	0.19	0	0
	National Reform Party	11,364	0.13	0	0
	Democratic People's Party	9,955	0.12	0	New
	Great Consolidated Popular Party	4,690	0.05	0	New
	Independents	398,981	4.64	1	–3
Total		8,589,892	100.00	230	+30
Valid votes		8,589,892	98.38
Invalid/blank votes		141,177	1.62
Total votes		8,731,069	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,381,152	84.11
Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana

• List of MPs elected in the 2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election

• Ghana Elections 2004 - Think Ghana
• 2004 results - Stanford University Archive Portal
• 2004 results - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung