1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election

1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in Parliament
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
NCP
Leader Jerry Rawlings Kow Nkensen Arkaah
Party NDC NCP
Seats won 189 8
Popular vote 1,521,629 377,673
Percentage 77.53% 19.24%

Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 December 1992, the first since 1979. Voter turnout was just 28.1% amidst a boycott by opposition parties, who had claimed the preceding presidential elections in November – won by former military ruler Jerry Rawlings with 58% of the vote – were fraudulent, with international observers considering them not to have been conducted in a free and fair manner.[1][2]

The result was a victory for Rawlings's National Democratic Congress, which won 189 of the 200 seats.[3]

  1. ^ "29 December 1992 Parliamentary Election". African Elections Database. Albert C. Nunley. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  2. ^ "Country Profile - Ghana". Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 ISBN 0-19-829645-2