Accra, 08 Dec-(ANA)-Ghana's two main presidential candidates are running neck-and-neck as votes continue to be counted a day after the country's peaceful elections.
It is a public holiday and people are glued to their radios and television sets as the results trickle in.
A number of ministers have lost their seats in the parliamentary elections.
Poll officials reported a huge voter turnout and monitors hailed the exercise as a shining example of democracy in action for Africa.
President John Kufuor, 70, is stepping down in January after serving the maximum two terms.
The main contest is between Mr Kufuor's governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of former ruler Jerry Rawlings, which was in power until eight years ago.
The leading contenders are ex-Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo and the NDC's John Atta Mills, who is a presidential candidate for the third time. The winner is expected to be named later today. (ANA)
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