Atta Mills is the president-elect of the Republic of Ghana 
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"Afari Gyan (EC) declares: John Evans Atta Mills is the president-elect of the Republic of Ghana"
Mills from the oppositon party stays for change
Mills wins Ghana presidential vote
Sat Jan 3, 2009 11:26am GMT
ACCRA (Reuters) - John Atta Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won Ghana's presidential election, the electoral commission said on Saturday.
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Opposition candidate John Atta Mills has won a tight presidential run-off in Ghana, electoral officials have said. Although Ghana remains a very divided nation when it comes to choosing a president, it has proved that democracy can work, our correspondents say
Second round 50.23 % for Mills
It said the results of a run-off in which a final constituency voted on Friday showed Mills had won narrowly with 50.23 percent of the votes, against 49.77 percent for Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
.Mills ahead with 19566 ballots, Akufo-Addo 2053 ballots
ACCRA (AFP) — John Atta-Mills' bid to become the next leader of Ghana strengthened Saturday after provisional results put him well ahead of his rival in the last constituency to vote in a presidential run-off election.In a declaration to local news media, a returning officer in the farming district of Tain said Atta-Mills, 64, had garnered 19,566 ballots in Friday's voting there -- well ahead of Nana Akufo-Addo with 2,053 ballots.
Ghana changed to a multi-party democracy in 1992 when one-time fighter pilot and coup leader Jerry Rawlings ran for president and won, with Atta-Mills as his vice president.
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at 04:13 on January 3rd, 2009
Well, lets see what happens and wishing Ghana all the best.
at 04:19 on January 3rd, 2009
The EC has declared Prof John Atta Mills (NDC) as the winner of the 2008 Presidential run-off elections.
The President-elect won with 50.23 % (4,521,032) of the votes. Nana Akufo-Addo (NPP) got a total of 4,480,446 votes, representing 49.77 % of the valid votes. The total turnout of the run-off elections was 77.91 %.
at 04:34 on January 3rd, 2009
Paschen thanks for clear numbers. Amazing democratic standing 3 rounds voting. We should give our congratulations for the Voting discipline to the people of Ghana and as it looks congratulations Mr. president Prof John Atta Mills (NDC)
at 07:59 on January 3rd, 2009
nice post
at 08:06 on January 3rd, 2009
azzayinda thanks for comment Ghana elections. This was a democratic fight to encourage all African countries.
at 11:33 on January 11th, 2009
Atta Mills is the right person to rule Ghana and he is better than nana.All right reserves to Prof.Evans Atta Mills.CHANGE we can then we move backwards.
at 12:13 on January 11th, 2009
Sarfo Darko....Atta Mills is the right person to rule Ghana. Thanks for comment