Ghana opens polls for general election

ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua): Polls opened in all 16 regions across Ghana early Monday for eligible voters to elect new political leaders for the country.

Polling started at 7 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) at most of the 38,622 polling stations and is expected to close at 5 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) with room for those still in the queue to cast their ballots before the official closing time.

The Ghana Electoral Commission (EC) said 17,029,981 eligible voters are expected to participate in Ghana’s eighth general election since the country returned to multi-party democracy in 1992.

The presidential election has 12 contestants from 11 political parties and an independent candidate, but the race mainly runs between incumbent President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party and former President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress.

Akufo-Addo is seeking re-election for his second and final four-year term to complete his agenda of “building a strong economy” while Mahama is seeking to return to power to complete his “economic transformation” agenda.

This is the third contest between Akufo-Addo and Mahama since 2012, with each defeating the other once.

In the meantime, some 914 candidates — 126 females and 788 males — are vying for the 275 parliamentary seats available.

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