General Information
Republic of Ghana: Parliament, 7 December 2016
At stake in this election:
- 275 seats in the Parliament
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President John Dramani MAHAMA (since 24 July 2012)
- Head of Government: President John Dramani MAHAMA (since 24 July 2012)
- Assembly: Ghana has a unicameral Parliament composed of 275 seats with members serving 4-year terms.
Description of electoral system:
- Members of Parliament are directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms.
Last Election:
- Elections for Parliament were last held on 7 December 2012. The National Democratic Congress took the most seats with 148, followed by the New Patriotic Party with 123. The People’s National Convention secured 1 seat in parliament and three independent candidates were also elected.
Main parties in the election:
- National Democratic Congress (NDC)
- Leader: Kofi PORTUPHY
- Seats won in last election: 148
- New Patriotic Party (NPP)
- Leader: Frederick Worsemao Armah BLAY
- Seats won in last election: 123
- People’s National Convention (PNC)
- Leader: Bernard MORNAH
- Seats won in last election: 1
- Convention People’s Party (CPP)
- Leader: Edmund DELLE
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Democratic People’s Party (DPP)
- Leader: T.N. Ward BREW
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Democratic Freedom Party (DFP)
- Leader: Obed Yao ASAMOAH
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Eagle Party (EP)
- Leader: Henry GIDI
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Ghana Democratic Republican Party (GDRP)
- Leader: Kofi AMOAH
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP)
- Leader: Henry LARTEY
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Ghana National Party (GNP)
- Leader: Kobina AMOO-AIDOO
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Ghana Freedom Party (GFP)
- Leader: Akua DONKOR
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Independent People’s Party (IPP)
- Leader: Kofi Percival AKPALOO
- Seats won in last election:
- New Vision Party (NVP)
- Leader: Daniel NKANSAH
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Progressive People’s Party (PPP)
- Leader: Nii Allotey BREW-HAMMOND
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Reformed Patriotic Democrats (RPD)
- Leader: Kwabena ADJEI
- Seats won in last election: 0
- United Progressive Party (UPP)
- Leader: Akwasi Addai ODIKE
- Seats won in last election: 0
- United Love Party (ULP)
- Leader: Ramon Osei AKOTO
- Seats won in last election: 0
- United Front Party (UFP)
- Leader: Nana Agyenim BOATENG
- Seats won in last election: 0
- United Development System Party (UDSP)
- Leader: Tetteh K. ABRAHAM
- Seats won in last election: 0
- United Renaissance Party (URP)
- Leader: Kofi WAYO
- Seats won in last election: 0
- United Ghana Movement (UGM)
- Leader: Nii Armah TAGOE
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Yes People’s Party (YPP)
- Leader: Annin-Kofi ADDO
- Seats won in last election: 0
- National Democratic Party (NDP)
- Leader: Konadu Agyeman RAWLINGS
- Seats won in last election: 0
Population and number of registered voters:
· Population: 26,908,262 (July 2016 est.)
· Registered Voters: 14,031,793 (2012)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 13,636,678 (July 2016 est.)
· Is Ghana a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
· Has Ghana ratified CEDAW: Yes (2 January 1985)
· Gender Quota: No
· Female candidates in this election: Yes
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 30 (10.91%)
· Human Development Index Position: 140 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)
Disability Data:
· Is Ghana a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
· Has Ghana ratified CRPD: Yes (31 July 2012)
· Population with a disability: 4,036,239 (est.)