At stake in this election:

• 200 seats in the Parliament

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Jerry John RAWLINGS *
• Head of Government: President Jerry John RAWLINGS
• Assembly: Ghana has a unicameral Parliament with 200 seats.

* The president is both the chief of state and head of government.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Parliament 200 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: New Patriotic Party (NPP)
  • Leader: S.A. ODOI-SYKES
  • Seats won in this election: 99
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: National Democratic Congress (NDC)
  • Leader: Alhaji ISSIFU
  • Seats won in this election: 92
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: People's National Convention (PNC)
  • Leader: John F. EDWIN
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Convention People's Party (CPP)
  • Leader: Felix AMOAH
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: The National Reform Party (NRP)
  • Leader: Peter KPORDUGBE
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: United Ghana Movement (UGM)
  • Leader: Nii Armah TAGOE
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Other parties
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 4
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Legislative election:

• Parliamentary elections last held: December 7, 1996
  Seats decided in the last election: 200

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 18,824,994 (2000)
• Registered Voters: 10,698,652 (December 2000 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 9,318,117 (2000)

·         Is Ghana a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Ghana ratified CEDAW: Yes (2 January 1985)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 18 (following the 2000 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 140 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Ghana a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Ghana ratified CRPD: Yes (31 July 2012)

·         Population with a disability: 2,823,749 (est.)