Briefing Papers

The 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections are generally over. There are still some post-election issues to be resolved with nine outstanding constituencies. Nonetheless, Ghana has held nine successful elections, voted to for six presidents, and chose political party turnover four times (2000, 2008, 2016, 2024) over the last thirty-one years of democratic governance. Electoral competition has gained a strong foothold in our democratic architecture. The competition remains a contest between two political parties – the...