Ghanaian general election, 2016

Ghanaian presidential election, 2016

2016 (presumptive)

Party NDC New Patriotic

Incumbent President John Dramani Mahama NDC

General elections will be held in Ghana on 7 November 2016 to elect a President and Members of Parliament.^[1]

Electoral system

The president is elected using the two-round system, whilst the 275 members of Parliament will be elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.

Voters must be Ghanaian citizens at least 18 years old, although those declared insane are disenfranchised. Parliamentary candidates must be Ghanaian citizens at least 21 years old, and either be resident in their constituency or have lived there for at least five of the ten years prior to the election.^[2]

Campaign

Potential presidential candidates

Convention People's Party

• Samia Nkrumah, first woman to head a major Ghanaian political party, daughter of the first President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah, current chairperson of the Convention People's Party

National Democratic Congress

• John Dramani Mahama, incumbent President

New Patriotic Party

• Nana Akufo-Addo, NPP candidate for President (2008 and 2012)^[3]
• Boakye Agyarko, international banker
• Mahamadu Bawumia, 2012 NPP vice-presidential candidate
• Daniel Botwe, Minority Chief Whip in the Ghanaian Parliament
• John Alan Kyerematen, former Minister of Trade & Industry and former Ghanaian Ambassador to the United States^[4]

References

1. Parliament approves GHC826m for 2016 elections Ghana Web, 21 December 2015
2. Electoral system IPU
3. "Ghana: Akuffo Addo to contest 2016 Presidential Election - TVC NEWS". Retrieved 7 September 2014.
4. Bilie Adwoa McTernan. "Ghana's NPP prepares for the 2016 presidential race - West Africa". Retrieved 7 September 2014.