Electoral system for the president

4. (1) A person shall not be elected as President of Ghana unless at the presidential election the number of votes cast in his favour is more than fifty per cent of the total number of valid votes cast at the election.

(2) Where at a presidential election there are more than two candidates and no candidate obtains the number or percentage of votes specified in subsection (1) of this section, a second election shall be held within twenty-one days after the previous election.

(3) The candidates for a presidential election under subsection (2) of this section shall be the candidates who obtained the two highest numbers of votes at the previous