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What were the main issues in Ghana’s 2016 presidential election?
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The main themes during the campaign for Ghana’s 2016 presidential election were the economy and corruption.12
The election, held on December 7, 2016, featured a rematch between the incumbent president, John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Akufo-Addo won the election with approximately 53.8 percent of the vote, while Mahama received about 44.4 percent and subsequently conceded.312