GhanaElection 2008 Declaration and Transmission of Election Results Declaration and transmission of election results from Constituencies to Regional Offices and the Head Office was timely and smooth. The installation of fax and V-sat machines in all the districts before the elections facilitated the transmission of election results. The provision of carbonized statement of poll/declaration of results forms as well as the constituency summary sheets to a large extent reduced the incidence of disparity in results submitted to parties and candidates by their agents. The transmission and declaration of results of the presidential run-off could have been completed within 48 hours but for the delay in the transmission of results from the Suame, Manhyia, old Tafo, Nhyiaeso and Kwadaso Constituencies of the Ashanti region which were disputed by the NDC. The NPP also disputed some results from the Volta Region. Presidential Run-Off and the Tain Elections The first run of the 2008 presidential election did not produce a winner since none of the Presidential candidates secured more than 50% of the total valid votes cast. It therefore became imperative for the run-off election to be conducted between the candidates with majority of the valid votes cast in consistence with Article 63(3) of the 1992 constitution. The run-off election which was fixed for 28 th December, 2008 took place in all the 230 constituencies except the Tain Constituency due to logistics problems. However, at the close of the poll, the election was too close to call since the difference between John Evans Attah Mills of the NDC and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo of the NPP was about 23,000 votes. In view of the fact that the Tain Constituency had about 54,000 registered voters, the Commission in consultation with the two political parties decided that it was necessary for the run-off in the constituency to be conducted to determine the eventual winner of the presidential election. The Chairman of the Commission therefore slated the run-off election for 28 th December, 2008. Incidentally, the Tain constituency election was boycotted by the NPP. With 19,566 votes from the Tain election, the NDC candidate, John Evans Atta Mills was declared the winner. He polled 4,521,032 votes constituting 50.23% of total votes cast as against 4,480,446 i.e. 49.77% received by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo. The election was so close that the difference was 40,586 votes. See appendix for detail results of the Presidential run-off results. 45