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Who held what in the NDC and NPP

Flagbearers, running mates and national officers of Ghana's two largest parties since 1992. Where we have the results, losing candidates and vote counts are shown too. Every entry links to its source.

  1. 2028

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    Mahamudu Bawumia Elected · 110,643 votes · 56.48% · 2028 election

    Note: Declared by the Electoral Commission: 196,462 votes cast, 561 rejected. Modern Ghana reported 110,640 votes for Bawumia and 102 for Kwabena Agyei Agyepong; the figures here follow MyJoyOnline and Graphic Online.

    MyJoyOnline Primary report

  2. 2024

    NDC · Presidential candidate

    John Dramani Mahama Elected · 297,603 votes · 98.9% · 2024 election

    Note: Declared by the Electoral Commission.

    Ghana News Agency Ghana News Agency Primary report

  3. 2024

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    Mahamudu Bawumia Elected · 118,210 votes · 61.43% · 2024 election

    Note: Declared by the Electoral Commission. Reported share differs between sources: 61.43% (Ghana News Agency) and 61.47% (candidate's website).

    Ghana News Agency Primary report

  4. 2020

    NDC · Presidential candidate

    John Dramani Mahama Elected · 95.23% · 2020 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  5. 2020

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Unopposed · 2020 election

    Note: Sitting president, unopposed for a second term.

    Wikipedia Reference source

  6. 2016

    NDC · Presidential candidate

    John Dramani Mahama Unopposed · 2016 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  7. 2016

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Elected · 94.35% · 2016 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  8. 2012

    NDC · Presidential candidate

    John Evans Atta Mills Elected · 96.9% · 2012 election

    Note: Mills died in office on 24 July 2012; the party then nominated John Dramani Mahama as its 2012 candidate.

    Wikipedia Reference source

  9. 2012

    NDC · Presidential candidate (replacement)

    John Dramani Mahama Nominated · 2012 election

    Note: Nominated by the party after the death of John Evans Atta Mills.

    Wikipedia Reference source

  10. 2012

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Elected · 78.9% · 2012 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  11. 2008

    NDC · Presidential candidate

    John Evans Atta Mills Elected · 2008 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  12. 2008

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Elected · 47.96% · 2008 election

    Note: Short of the 50% needed in the first round; runner-up Alan Kyerematen conceded and withdrew from the run-off, so Akufo-Addo was declared candidate.

    Note: Withdrew from the run-off.

    Wikipedia Reference source

  13. 2004

    NDC · Presidential candidate

    John Evans Atta Mills Elected · 2004 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  14. 2004

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    John Agyekum Kufuor Endorsed · 2004 election

    Note: Sitting president, endorsed for a second term.

    Wikipedia Reference source

  15. 2000

    NDC · Presidential candidate

    John Evans Atta Mills Endorsed · 2000 election

    Note: Named by Rawlings in the 1998 "Swedru Declaration" and later endorsed by the party; no contested primary on record here.

    Wikipedia Reference source

  16. 2000

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    John Agyekum Kufuor Elected · 2000 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  17. 1996

    NDC · Presidential candidate

    Jerry John Rawlings Endorsed · 1996 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  18. 1996

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    John Agyekum Kufuor Elected · 1996 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  19. 1992

    NDC · Presidential candidate

    Jerry John Rawlings Endorsed · 1992 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

  20. 1992

    NPP · Presidential candidate

    Albert Adu Boahen Elected · 1992 election

    Wikipedia Reference source

How this record is built

No official register of party officers exists in Ghana. The Electoral Commission has run recent flagbearer primaries, while party congress results come from party announcements and news reports. Entries marked Reference source come from encyclopedia summaries and are waiting to be checked against a primary report.

Disputes and corrections

Where a result was challenged, overturned or reported differently by different sources, the declared result is shown with a note. Spotted an error or a missing office? Report it.