Accra — Election officials in Ghana started counting ballot papers after voting stations closed in presidential and parliamentary polls that observers say have been conducted mostly without delays or irregularities. Voting ended at 5pm local time on Wednesday except at those stations where people were still standing in lines, Eric Dzakpasu, a spokesman for the Ghana Electoral Commission, said. Results are expected to be finalised on Friday. "The elections have generally been peaceful, far more peaceful than anticipated," Seidu Alidu, an analyst at the department of political sciences at the University of Ghana in the capital, Accra, said . "If things are going to continue the way it started, I don’t think there would be a basis for people to dispute the results." The election outcome will determine if President John Mahama gets a second term in office or whether his main adversary, Nana Akufo-Addo, takes power. The winner will face the task of reigniting growth in West Africa’s seco...
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