Ghana
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· Parliamentary
- Seats: 275
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 28,992
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 7 am and 5 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 15,712,499 (2016 election)
· Voter turnout: 68.62% (2016 presidential election)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: directly elected by an absolute majority
- Parliamentary: elected in single-seat constituencies by a simple majority
· Voting process
1. Presents voter's card
2. Mark a finger with indelible ink
3. Issue a ballot paper
4. Place a thumbprint on the ballot next to the candidate of choice
5. Fold the ballot and places it in a ballot box
· Counting process: Manual count in the polling station and display it to the attending public witnesses.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: 24 to 28 hours after closing of vote