President John Mahama secured 50.70% to be declared winner of the 2012 presidential race over Nana Akufo-Addo the main opposition with 47.74%.
Mahama becomes the first politician to win the presidential election on his first attempt.
After the declaration it was all merry making in Accra the capital city of Ghana mostly for the successful elections.
With a lot of foreign media and election observers in the country, this is how the historic event was reported in the foreign press .
Source: GhanaWeb
