Nana Akufo-Addo And John Mahama In Tight Race As Early Results Trickle In

<p><em>Nana Akufo-Addo And John Mahama&comma; both presidential candidates in the ongoing Ghana’s presidential election are in a tight race<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that incumbent President Nana<strong> Akufo-Addo<&sol;strong>&comma; the presidential candidate of the NPP And John Mahama of the NDC are in tight race as early results trickle in&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As results trickle in&comma; they are both claiming wins in early results&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At the moment&comma; both parties have lost parliamentary seats on each side&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Five hours after voting&comma; Mahama tweeted a thank you message to Ghanaians for change&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Thank you for coming out to vote in today’s election&period; Very good results from all parts of the country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;We must continue to remain vigilant as we enter the results collation stage&period; Let’s stay focused and ROAR to the end&period; pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;uv2KDs3lGJ<br &sol;>&NewLine;— John Dramani Mahama &lpar;&commat;JDMahama&rpar; December 7&comma; 2020<br &sol;>&NewLine;He has been telling confidants that he expects a resounding win once official results are announced&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Last night&comma; the NDC is its previsionary vote had claimed 36 flipped parliamentary seats&comma; including some wins in the capital&period; The implication being result that these are highly populated areas and if those results are confirmed&comma; it would undoubtedly help the presidential totals&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The NDC would need to win at least 32 more seats and hold its the 106 that it currently controls to win a majority in parliament&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nana Akufo-Addo’s NPP<br &sol;>&NewLine;The NPP claims to now control 3 out 5 regions in the north&comma; including the savannah region where the Mahama comes from&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Although some parliamentary seats have flipped&comma; according to <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">John Boadu&comma;<&sol;a><&sol;strong> the NPP Secretary General&comma; despite having lost some seats&comma; the NPP has won&comma; holding a 63 seat majority over the NDC&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Akufo-Addo posted several messages throughout voting day&comma; urging Ghanaians to get out and vote&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Electoral Commission of Ghana<br &sol;>&NewLine;Results are expected to be released officially later today&comma; December 8 by the Electoral Commission&comma; making it one of the fastest turnover elections in Africa and the world&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; the Commission confirmed that vote-tallying is proceeding &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;smoothly”&comma; but results only &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;collated presidential election results” are being received from 16 regions rather than 275 constituencies as has been done in the past&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It urged the public to remain calm until results are ready to be published&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;