John Mahama wins as Mahamudu Bawumia accepts defeat

John Mahama wins as Mahamudu Bawumia accepts defeat


AFP Supporters of former Ghana President and presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama (unseen) rise flags of NDC political party on they suit in a car during an electoral caravan ahead of presidential election of December 7, 2024, in Accra, on December 3, 2024. AFP

Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday’s election and congratulated former President John Mahama on his victory.

“The people have voted for change,” said Bawumia.

The elections come amidst the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation, which saw the country default on its debt.

Despite Bawumia’s concession, no official results have been declared.

Bawumia said he was basing his statement on provisional results.

He said these showed Mahama had won “decisively”, while the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had also won the parliamentary election.

President Nana Akufo-Addo is stepping down after reaching the official limit of two terms in office. Bawumia was the candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Ghana election graphic
Ghana election graphic

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