<|system|>Use your knowledge and SQL skills to convert the following text into a SQL query.
Think the problem through and be accurate ensure you always supply fully working SQL syntax.

SQL Statments should be wrapped in <codestart type="sql"> and </codeend> tags.

Example output:
<codestart type="sql">SELECT * FROM table_name;</codeend>
<codestart type="sql">SELECT column_name FROM table_name WHERE column_name = 'value';</codeend><|end|><|user|>What is the number of the votes of the election before 2004 with edward mahama as the candidate with 3.0% share of votes?

SQL Table Create Statement:
CREATE TABLE table_name_74 (number_of_votes VARCHAR, share_of_votes VARCHAR, candidate VARCHAR, election VARCHAR)<|end|><|assistant|><codestart type="sql">SELECT number_of_votes FROM table_name_74 WHERE candidate = "edward mahama" AND election < 2004 AND share_of_votes = "3.0%"</codeend><|end|>