Elections 2008: Greater Accra

  • Date Created

    July, 1983

    Population

    4010054

  • History

    In 1960, Greater Accra, then referred to as Accra Capital District, was geographically part of the Eastern Region. It was, however, administered separately by the Minister responsible for local government. With effect from 23 July 1982, Greater Accra was created by the Greater Accra Region Law (PNDCL 26) as a legally separate region.[8] The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres.[4] This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, after the Ashanti Region, with a population of 4,010,054 in 2010, accounting for 16.3 per cent of Ghana's total population.[5][6]

  • Demographics

    Area: 3,245 km² – Density: 1,558/km². The Greater Accra Region is bordered on the north by the Eastern Region, on the east by the Volta Region, on the south by the Gulf of Guinea, and on the west by the Central Region. It is smallest region of Ghana in total area, and is made up of 16 administrative areas. The Greater Accra region is the most urbanized region in the country with 87.4% of its total population living in urban centres.[7]The capital city of Greater Accra Region is Accra which is at the same time the capital city of Ghana.

After 27 out of 27 Constituencies Declared

NDC
NPP

52.11%

JOHN E. ATTA-MILLS

870,011

46.03%

NANA A. AKUFO-ADDO

768,465
CANDIDATE VOTES % SHARE
JOHN E. ATTA-MILLS NDC 870,011 52.11%
NANA A. AKUFO-ADDO NPP 768,465 46.03%
PAA KWESI NDUOM CPP 20,697 1.24%
EDWARD N. MAHAMA PNC 6,262 0.38%
EMMANUEL A. ANTWI DFP 2,600 0.16%
THOMAS N. WARD-BREW DPP 683 0.04%
KWESI AMOFA-YEBOAH IND 561 0.03%
KWABENA ADJEI RPD 239 0.01%

President: Marginal Wins

Constituency Votes Difference Percentage
Ayawaso West-Wuogon 51
NPP - 48.69%
NDC - 48.59%
Ablekuma South 799
NPP - 48.83%
NDC - 48.06%
Ayawaso Central 1,433
NPP - 50.44%
NDC - 48.19%
Klottey-Korle 2,337
NDC - 51.02%
NPP - 47.12%
Ablekuma Central 2,837
NDC - 50.94%
NPP - 47.61%

Skirt & Blouse Constituencies

Name Presidential Parliamentary
Ablekuma South NANA A. AKUFO-ADDONPP FRITZ BAFFOURNDC
Total 1

Parliamentary: Summary

Party Seats
Convention People's Party - CPP 0
Democratic Freedom Party - DFP 0
Democratic People’s Party - DPP 0
Ghana National Party - GNP 0
Great Consolidated Popular Party - GCPP 0
Independent Candidate - IND 0
National Democratic Congress - NDC 18
New Patriotic Party - NPP 9
New Vision Party - NVP 0
People’s National Convention - PNC 0
Reformed Patriotic Democrats - RPD 0

Parliamentary: Marginal Wins

Constituency Votes Difference Percentage
Ayawaso Central 857
NPP - 49.10%
NDC - 47.74%
Klottey-Korle 2,646
NDC - 50.70%
NPP - 46.28%
Okaikwei North 2,830
NPP - 49.65%
NDC - 46.47%
Trobu/Amasaman 2,852
NDC - 48.95%
NPP - 44.93%
Ayawaso West-Wuogon 3,039
NPP - 42.96%
NDC - 37.65%