2000 Ghanaian general election
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Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...
on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December.Elections in Ghana
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In the presidential election, John Kufuor of the
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(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.


Results


President


Parliament

The vacant seat was filled by a by-election on 3 January 2001 and won by the NPP.


See also

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List of Ghana Parliament constituencies This is a list of the 275 constituencies represented in the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, as at the December 2016 general election. It had been increased from 260 at the previous election in December 2012 parliamentary election. Each cons ...
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List of MPs elected in the 2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Parliament of Ghana for the Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana at the 2000 parliamentary election, held on 7 December 2000. The list is arranged by region and constituenc ...


References


External links


Ghana: Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament: Elections held in 2000
Inter-Parliamentary Union {{Ghanaian elections Elections in Ghana
Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...
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Presidential elections in Ghana