Ghana's parliament has tipped in favour of the main opposition party by one seat, after the defection of four MPs, less than two months before general elections. However, the Ghanaian constitution bars MPs from defecting from the party for which they were elected,

Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party has lost its majority in parliament after some members moved to alter their status, dwindling its numbers in the already hung chamber.Most Read from BloombergInside the ‘Utopias’ of Mexico CityOne City’s Plan to Re-Link a Neighborhood That Robert Moses DividedChicago Should Consider Furloughs,