1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election

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]

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%

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

Results

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A total of 8,229,902 voters were registered,[4] but 893,056 were in the 23 constituencies that were uncontested.[1]

PartyVotes%Seats
National Democratic Congress1,521,62977.53189
National Convention Party377,67319.248
Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere10,0980.511
Independents53,1432.712
Total1,962,543100.00200
Registered voters/turnout7,336,846
Source: African Elections Database

By region

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Party Ashanti Brong Ahafo Central Eastern Greater Accra Northern Upper East Upper West Volta Western Total Seats
National Democratic Congress 33 20 16 20 22 23 11 8 18 16 189
National Convention Party 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 8
Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Independents 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
National Total 33 21 17 24 22 23 12 8 19 19 200
Source: Nohlen et al.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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
  4. ^ Nohlen et al. p434
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