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Mills wins Ghana presidential vote: commission
John Atta Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress has won Ghana's presidential election, the electoral commission said on Saturday.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:20 January 3, 2009
Accra: John Atta Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress has won Ghana's presidential election, the electoral commission said on Saturday.
It said the results of a run-off in which a final constituency voted on Friday showed Mills had won narrowly with 50.23 per cent of the votes.
Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party got 49.77 per cent of the votes.
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