Nairobi/Accra - Ghana's electoral commission Tuesday evening refused to declare a winner in the West African nation's run-off presidential election, saying it would have to re-run one constituency in early January.

Partial results put John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on 50.13 per cent of the vote versus 49.87 per cent for Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) with 229 out of 230 constituencies counted.

Nairobi/Accra  - Ghana was anxiously waiting for presidential election results to be declared Tuesday after the electoral commission delayed its announcement to discuss alleged irregularities with the competing parties.

Partial results from the electoral commission put John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on 52.3 per cent of the vote versus 47.7 per cent for Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) with 220 out of 230 constituencies counted.

Local media have projected a win for Atta Mills, who has already claimed victory.

Nairobi/Accra - Thousands of supporters of Ghana's opposition candidate John Atta Mills gathered outside the offices of the electoral commission Tuesday as the body prepared to announce the results of the presidential run-off election.

Partial results from the electoral commission put Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on 52.17 per cent of the vote versus 47.9 per cent for Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) with 200 out of 230 constituencies counted.

Local media have projected a win for Atta Mills, who has already claimed victory. The NPP said that Atta Mills was claiming victory prematurely.

Nairobi/Accra  - Opposition candidate John Atta Mills has won Ghana's run-off presidential election, Joy FM radio station said Monday after collating results from polling stations.

While the Ghana Electoral Commission is yet to announce official results, Joy FM said Atta Mills, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has 50.6 per cent of the vote with 222 of 230 constituencies counted.

Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has 49.4 per cent, Joy FM said.

Nairobi/Accra - Ghana's opposition candidate has taken an slight early lead in the run-off presidential election, Ghanaian media said Monday.

John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has 50.89 per cent of the vote, compared to 49.11 per cent for Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joy Radio said on its website.

The partial results are based on 171 of 230 constituencies.

The electoral commission is expected to release full results by Tuesday afternoon at the latest.

While Sunday's election passed off peacefully, the two parties accused each other of attempting to rig the vote.

Nairobi/Accra  - Ghana goes to the polls Sunday in a run-off presidential election that will decide who leads the West African nation into an era of oil production.

Neither Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) nor John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were able to score a decisive victory in the first round in early December.

Akufo-Addo scooped marginally more votes than Atta Mills, but the other six candidates polled enough to prevent him from crossing the 50 per cent mark.