2008 Ghanaian general election

2008 Ghanaian general election
Presidential election
7 December 2008 (first round)
28 December 2008 (second round)
Turnout69.52% (first round)
72.91% (second round)
 
Nominee John Atta Mills Nana Akufo-Addo
Party NDC NPP
Running mate John Mahama Mahamudu Bawumia
Popular vote 4,521,032 4,480,446
Percentage 50.23% 49.77%
President before election

John Kufuor
NPP

President-elect

John Atta Mills
NDC

General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2008. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo of the governing New Patriotic Party and John Atta Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress. Mills was certified as the victor by a margin of less than one percent, winning the presidency on his third attempt. It is to date the closest election in Ghanaian history.

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