Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008
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Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

 on 7 December 2008, at the same time as presidential elections
Ghanaian presidential election, 2008
A presidential election was held in Ghana on 7 December 2008, at the same time as a parliamentary election. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December, 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo and John Atta...

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Voter turnout

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|Registered Voters || align=right|12,472,758 || align=center|100.0%
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|Votes Cast ||align=right|8,671,272 || align=center|69.52% of registered voters
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|Valid Votes ||align=right|8,465,834 ||align=center|97.60% of votes cast
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|Invalid Votes ||align=right|205,438 ||align=center|2.40% of votes cast
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| colspan=3 align=right| Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana
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Results by region

Party Ashanti Brong Ahafo* Central Eastern* Greater Accra Northern Upper East Upper West Volta Western Total Seats
National Democratic Congress
National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
The National Democratic Congress is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry John Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. The NDC was formed ahead of elections in 1992 and 1996 returned Jerry John Rawlings to...

3 8 11 7 18 21 8 6 21 11 114
New Patriotic Party
New Patriotic Party
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34 15 8 19 9 4 4 3 1 10 107
Independent  2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
People's National Convention  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Convention People's Party
Convention People's Party
The Convention People's Party is a socialist political party in Ghana, based on the ideas of former President Kwame Nkrumah.The CPP was formed in 1949 by Kwame Nkrumah to campaign for the independence of the Gold Coast. It ruled Ghana from 1957 to 1966...

 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
National Total 39 23* 19 27* 27 26 13 10 22 22 228
Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana

* Results for two constituencies (Akwatia
Akwatia (Ghana parliament constituency)
Akwatia is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

 and Asutifi South
Asutifi South (Ghana parliament constituency)
Asutifi South is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

) were withheld because of concerns over possible irregularities.

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