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Voter turnout is only 49 percent – Charlotte Osei
Only 49 percent of people turned up to vote. This means turnout is down by 30 percent compared to 79 percent from the 2012 elections.
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This was announced at a press conference addressed by Charlotte Osei, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, on Friday December 9 meaning the turnout is down by 30 percent compared to the 2012 election. In the last election which was held in 2012, 79 percent of eligible voters went to the polls to cast their ballot.
Over 15.7 million people were eligible to vote in this year’s elections, representing 56 percent of the population. The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and some analysts have disputed the statistical 'realisticality' of the total number on Ghana's voters’ register. The turnout is set to fuel that argument of a bloated register.
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Ghana’s 2016 elections are nearly at a climax with the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) winning an emphatic mandate to lead the country in the executive and legislature according to Pulse.com.gh independent projections ending the eight year rule of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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