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GHANA
Parliament
ELECTORAL SYSTEM

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Parliament name Parliament
Structure of parliament Unicameral
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Electoral Law 5 July 1996
PUBLIC ELECTIONS REGULATIONS, 1996 (CI 15)
Mode of designation directly elected 275
Constituencies 230 single-member constituencies.
Voting system Majority: Direct simple majority system.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through by-elections.
Voting is not compulsory.
Voter requirements - age: 18 years
- Ghanaian citizenship
- ineligibility: insanity
CANDIDATES
Eligibility - age: 21 years
- Ghanaian citizenship
- residence in the constituency where running or residence there for at least five of the 10 years immediately preceding the elections
- payment of taxes (or satisfactory arrangements to this effect)
- ineligibility: allegiance to a foreign State, undischarged bankrupts, detained criminal lunatics, conviction for high crime or treason or for an offence involving the security of the State, fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude, death sentence, imprisonment for at least 10 years, electoral offence, incompetence to hold public office, unlawful acquisition of assets while being a public officer, defraud of the State or misuse or abuse of office, wilful action in a manner prejudicial to the interest of the State
Incompatibilities - election-connected offices
- membership of the Civil Service and various other public services
- membership of the armed forces
- traditional chiefs
Candidacy requirements - support of qualified electors from same constituency
- deposit of 500 cedi, reimbursed if candidate obtains at least 12 per cent of the valid votes

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