A landslide makes it President Nana Addo

Nana Akufo-Addo, riding a tide of economic discontent against John Mahama and promising to put Ghana back to work again, was elected the nation's 5th President yesterday with a sweep of surprising victories in the East, South and the crucial battlegrounds of the Middle West.

At 72 years of age, the former minister became the oldest person ever elected to The Flagstaff House. He built a stunning landslide by taking away Mr. Mahama's Southern base, smashing his expected strength in the East, and taking command of the Middle West, which both sides had designated as the main testing ground. The entire West was his, as expected.

Mr. Mahama, who labored hard for a comeback re-election victory, instead became the first elected incumbent President to go down to defeat at the polls.

Concession by Mahama.

Despite pre-election polls that had forecast a fairly close election, the rout was so pervasive and so quickly apparent that Mr. Mahama made the earliest concession statement of a major Presidential candidate since 1990.

At 10:15 P.M, Mr. Mahama disclosed that he had telephoned Mr. Nana Addo to concede and to pledge cooperation for the transition to new leadership.