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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]
The result was a victory for Rawlings's National Democratic Congress, which won 189 of the 200 seats.[3]
Results
[edit]A total of 8,229,902 voters were registered,[4] but 893,056 were in the 23 constituencies that were uncontested.[1]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Democratic Congress | 1,521,629 | 77.53 | 189 | |
| National Convention Party | 377,673 | 19.24 | 8 | |
| Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere | 10,098 | 0.51 | 1 | |
| Independents | 53,143 | 2.71 | 2 | |
| Total | 1,962,543 | 100.00 | 200 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,336,846 | – | ||
| Source: African Elections Database | ||||
By region
[edit]| 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
[edit]- List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
- List of MPs elected in the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election
References
[edit]- ^ a b "29 December 1992 Parliamentary Election". African Elections Database. Albert C. Nunley. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
- ^ "Country Profile - Ghana". Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Nohlen et al. p434
External links and sources
[edit]- Elected Parliamentarians - 1992 Elections, Electoral Commission of Ghana, Archived from original on 12 January 2011
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