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Would-be presidents head for second-round face-off

    ABIDJAN

    A run-off poll in three weeks’ time will pit John Kufuor against John Atta Mills after none of the seven candidates won an outright majority at the first round of Ghana’s presidential poll on Thursday.

    The National Electoral Commission announced on Sunday that with the results of all but one of the 200 constituencies declared, Kufour of the National Patriotic Party (NPP) polled 3,104,393 votes (48.4 percent). Vice President Mills of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) won 2,871,051 ballots or 44.8 percent.

    The NPP won half the 200 parliamentary seats and the NDC 91.

    Voting was peaceful and orderly in most parts of the country. However, three people were reported killed and 16 others injured in fighting on Friday in the north-eastern town of Bawku. The Panafrican News Agency (PANA) reported that the conflict broke out because four filled ballot boxes brought to a collation centre on Friday were not escorted by a presiding officer.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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