At stake in this election:

• 230 seats in the Parliament

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President John Agyekum KUFUOR *
• Head of Government: President John Agyekum KUFUOR
• Assembly: Ghana has a unicameral Parliament with 230 seats.

* The president is both the chief of state and head of government.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Parliament 230 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.***

*** The number of Assembly Seats increased from 200 seats the last election.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: New Patriotic Party (NPP)
  • Leader: Samuel Arthur ODOI-SYKES
  • Seats won in this election: 129
  • Seats won in last election: 100
• Party: National Democratic Congress (NDC)
  • Leader: Dr. Huudu YAHAYA
  • Seats won in this election: 90
  • Seats won in last election: 92
• Party: People's National Convention (PNC)***
  • Leader: Edward MAHAMA
  • Seats won in this election: 4
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Party: Convention People's Party (CPP)
  • Leader: Nii Noi DOWUONA
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 1

*** In this election, the PNC created a political alliance with the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere Party (EGLE), and the Democratic People Party (DPP).

Last Legislative election:

• Parliamentary elections were last held on December 7, 2000. In this election, 200 seats were contested in Parliament.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 20,840,493 ( 2004)
• Registered Voters: 10,354,970 (2004)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 10,402,918 (2004)

·         Is Ghana a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Ghana ratified CEDAW: Yes (2 January 1985)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 25 (following the 2004 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 140 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Ghana a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Ghana ratified CRPD: Yes (31 July 2012)

·         Population with a disability: 3,126,073 (est.)