Ghanaians want fair and competitive elections, but mistrust the electoral commission

While the slate of smaller-party flagbearers and the electoral calendar had not been finalised as of early March (Mohammed, 2024; Joy Online, 2024), the stage is set for a fierce contest to replace the term-limited President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, pitting Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) against former President John Mahama of the main opposition Nation. [...] Citizens’ perceptions of the freeness and fairness of the 2020 election are mostly positive, but they fall well short of assessments of the prior national election in 2016. [...] Statement 2: Once an election is over, opposition parties and politicians should accept defeat and cooperate with government to help it develop the country? (% who “agree” or “strongly agree” with each statement) Copyright ©Afrobarometer 2024 6 Participation in the 2020 election The degree of involvement of the electorate in elections can serve as an indicator of the level of faith people have in. [...] Regional coordination of national partners in about 35 countries is provided by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in South Africa, and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. [...] Institute of Peace, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Open Society Foundations - Africa, Luminate, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Mastercard Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the European Union Commission, the World Bank Group, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, the.