Electoral system for the president

The Republic of Ghana Judiciary, Representation of the People Law 1991 (PNDCL 284), accessed 14 April 2025

Section 4—Election Result for Presidency. 

(1) A person shall not be elected as President of Ghana unless at the presidential election the number of votes cast in his favour is more than fifty per cent of the total number of valid votes cast at the election. 

(2) Where at a presidential election there are more than two candidates and no candidate obtains the number or percentage of votes specified in subsection (1) of this section, a second election shall be held within twenty-one days after the previous election. 

(3) The candidates for a presidential election under sub-section (2)  of this section shall be the candidates who obtained the two highest numbers of votes at the previous election, and the candidate who obtains the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. 

(4)  An instrument which— (a)  is executed under the hand of the Chairman of the Commission; and (b) states that the person named in the instrument was declared elected as the President of Ghana at the election of the President, shall be prima facie evidence that the person named was so elected.

To read more about Ghana's electoral processes, please look through the documents available at the Republic of Ghana Judiciary, in the Statue of Elections section under Library Services.