John Agyekum Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party won the presidential run off election with 57% of the vote. He defeated John Evans Atta-Mills the incumbent vice-president and candidate of the National Democratic Congress who garnered 43% of the vote. This marked the first handover of power to an opposition party in the 4th Republic.
On December 28, 2000: John Agyekum Kufuor won the presidential election