Afuko-Addo told hundreds of supporters in the capital Accra on Thursday that his New Patriotic Party (NPP) had taken a majority of seats in parliament but he called for calm and urged patience to allow the electoral commission time to deliver the results. Officials from Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) rejected the claims and said the incumbent was on track for re-election. Joy FM, a private radio station, put Akufo-Addo at 51.42 percent and Mahama at 46.72 percent with 176 of 275 constituencies counted. Figures from the EC indicate that the election saw a turnout of

He is the second candidate to have won the presidency after contesting for the third time. Nana Akufo-Addo himself, aged 72, has already served Ghana as the Attorney General and then as Foreign Minister in the John Kufuor-led NPP government from 2000 to 2008.
Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo wins the presidency.