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Ayee, J. (2002). "The 2000 General Elections and Presidential Run-off in Ghana: An Overview".
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List of MPs elected in the 2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election
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Index

2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election
1996
2004


John Kufuor
John Atta Mills
NPP
NDC

President
Jerry John Rawlings
NDC
President-elect
John Kufuor
NPP
Politics of Ghana

Constitution
President
list
Nana Akufo-Addo
Vice President
Mahamudu Bawumia
Ministers
Council of State
Speaker of the Parliament
Alban Sumana Bagbin
Parliament
Members of Parliament

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