Akufo - Addo beat incumbent, President John Mahama 53 % of the total
valid votes cast while John Mahama polled 44 %.
Not exact matches
Out of 10,781609 total
valid votes cast, Mr Akufo - Addo, according to the EC polled 5,7160226 (53.85 %)
while his arch-rival Mr Mahama polled 4,713,277 (44.40 %).
Initiative statutes require
valid signatures from at least 5 percent of the total
votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial election,
while initiative constitutional amendments require at least 8 percent.
If no candidate receives 50 % of
valid votes cast in the first round, the two candidates with the most
votes proceed to the second round
while all other candidates are eliminated.
He said the total
valid votes cast at the poll was 422,314; total number of rejected
votes, 26,457
while the total
votes cast was 448,771
votes.
A further breakdown showed 159,557 was the number of total
votes cast, of which 155,813
votes were held
valid,
while 3,744 were rejected as invalid.