Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000
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The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 7 December 2000. Presidential elections were held on the same day with a second round on 28 December 2000. 62% of registered voters turned out for the elections. Over 98% of the votes cast were valid.[1]

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Results

Voter turnout
Votes  %
Registered Voters 10,698,652 100.0%
Votes Cast 6,633,306 62.00% of registered voters
Valid Votes 6,530,757 98.45% of votes cast
Invalid Votes 102,549 1.55% of votes cast
Source: International Foundation for Election Systems

Parliamentary election results
Party Votes % Seats
New Patriotic Party 2,937,386 44.98 99[2]
National Democratic Congress 2,691,515 41.21 92
People's National Convention 224,657 3.44 3
Convention People's Party 85,643 1.31 1
National Reform Party 147,196 2.25 0
United Ghana Movement 32,632 0.50 0
Independent 411,728 6.30 4
Vacant[2] — — 1
Total (turnout  %) 6,633,306 62.00 200
Sources: African Elections Database
International Foundation for Election Systems
Final distribution of seats following by-election.

Results by region
Party Ashanti Brong Ahafo Central Eastern Greater Accra Northern Upper East Upper West Volta Western Total Seats
New Patriotic Party 31 14[2] 8 18 16 3 2 0 0 8 100[2]
National Democratic Congress 2 7 9 8 6 18 8 7 17 10 92
People's National Convention 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
Convention People's Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4
National Total 33 21[2] 17 26 22 23 12 8 19 19 200
Source: African Elections Database

Postponed poll

  • Asutifi South constituency - 3 January 2001 - Due to the death of Philip Kofi Adjapong Amoah, (NPP) candidate standing for parliament, the elections in this constituency were postponed. Cecilia Djan Amoah, the (NPP) replacement candidate, won the seat with a majority of 550.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Election Profile for Ghana". IFES. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Republic of Ghana Legislative election of 7 December 2000". Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  3. ^ "Ghana votes for change", World service news, BBC (11 December 2000). Retrieved on 2007-05-12. 

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