Scramble for decisive Ghana votes

Tensions were high on Tuesday as NDC supporters demanded the results

Opposition candidate John Atta Mills is heading for the Ghanaian constituency which will decide the closely fought presidential run-off.

The remote western constituency of Tain will vote on Friday with the presidential contest on a knife-edge.

It has some 54,000 voters, with Mr Atta Mills leading his rival Nana Akufo-Addo by just 23,055 votes nationwide.

Both men's supporters have complained of fraud but the electoral commission says no evidence has yet been produced.

"They have not filed any appeal in the strict sense of the word," Kwadwo Sarfo-Kantanka from the electoral commission told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.

RUN-OFF RESULTS
John Atta Mills: 4,501,466 votes (50.13%)
Nana Akufo-Addo: 4,478,411 votes (49.87%)
229 out of 230 constituencies
Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana
The announcement of the winner has been delayed until after results come in from Tain and the allegations of rigging have been investigated.

Mr Sarfo-Kantanka said he thought the result would be declared late on Friday.

Ghana is one of Africa's most stable democracies, with peaceful handovers of power.

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