John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s incoming president, has won a chance to rewrite his legacy. He was voted out of office in 2016 by what was then the highest margin in the post-independence history of the west African nation amid corruption scandals and an energy crisis that had crippled the country.
But he has made a comeback, winning 56.55% of the total valid votes cast according to the country’s Electoral Commission. It is the largest margin of victory in a Ghanaian election since 1996. Voter turnout was 60.9%.
Although there has not been an official declaration of the 2024 election results due to slow collation by the electoral commission, Mahama has already been accepted as the winner after a concession speech from his opponent in the election, sitting vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia.
