{"id":262644,"date":"2024-12-08T01:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/08\/ghana-counts-ballots-after-tight-presidential-race\/"},"modified":"2024-12-08T01:43:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T01:43:00","slug":"ghana-counts-ballots-after-tight-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/08\/ghana-counts-ballots-after-tight-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana counts ballots after tight presidential race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ghana counted ballots on Saturday after a tight election with the ruling party\u2019s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia trying to shake off anger over economic woes and counter a challenge by opposition party candidate ex-president John Mahama.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Voting was mostly calm, but police said at least two people were shot dead in separate incidents.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ghana\u2019s struggling economy dominated the election, after the west African gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation, and negotiations for a US$3 billion IMF bailout.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Voters were choosing a successor to Bawumia\u2019s boss, President Nana Akufo-Addo, who steps down after serving the maximum of two four-year terms. They also elected the country\u2019s new parliament.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After polls closed at 1700 GMT, results were trickling in as election teams immediately began tallying ballots under the watch of agents from political parties before sending them to collation centres.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Officials from Electoral Commission Ghana count ballot papers at a polling station in Accra. 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Photo: AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Preliminary results are expected later on Sunday, with full presidential results scheduled by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana counted ballots on Saturday after a tight election with the ruling party\u2019s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia trying to shake off anger over economic woes and counter a challenge by opposition party candidate ex-president John Mahama. Voting was mostly calm, but police said at least two people were shot dead in separate incidents. 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