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Ghana

Ghana

Answer
Plurality/Majority
Source

Ghana, Representation of the People Law, 1992 (PNDCL 284) as amended in 2006, accessed 8 December 2020

Section 11—Nominations and Election of Candidates at Public Elections

(1) Where in any elections under this Law at the close of nominations and on the day before the elections—

(a) two or more candidates have been nominated, the election shall be held and the candidate who receives the largest number of votes cast shall be declared elected; or

(b) only one candidate is nominated, there shall be no election and that candidate shall be declared elected. […]

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