General News of Saturday, 30 December 2000
Source: GNA
John Agyekum Kufuor, flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has won Ghana's 2000 Presidential election, according to figures compiled by the government-owned Ghana News Agency (GNA) Friday.
With results from 192 of the 200 constituencies certified by the Electoral Commission, Kufuor has taken an unassailable lead, polling 3,493,140 votes or 57.22 percent of the votes cast while Vice-President John Atta Mills of the ruling NDC, got 2,611,385 or 42.78 percent.
The difference between both candidates is 811,755 votes, which is higher than the total number of voters in the eight remaining constituencies.
There were slightly over 10 million registered voters, and turnout was put at 57.7 percent.
Following are details from the 192 constituencies:
Region Mills % Kufuor %
Western 186,538 35.95 322,371 64.05
Central 199,006 39.69 302,414 60.31
Greater Accra 421,954 40.05 631,506 59.95
Volta 563,787 89.23 68,041 10.77
Eastern 269,270 37.59 447,174 62.41
Ashanti 236,740 19.58 972,640 80.42
Brong Ahafo 207,678 40.73 302,207 50.27
Northern 267,175 50.99 256,764 49.01
Upper East 154,703 57.17 115,880 42.83
Upper West 104,533 61.97 64,163 38.03