Vincent Obeng, the Returning Officer for the Ablekuma North constituency, has resigned from his role due to frustrations encountered during the parliamentary results collation process. Mr. Obeng stepped down on January 8, 2025, citing difficulties in the collation of results. He formally requested that the Electoral Commission (EC) appoint a replacement to continue the task, […]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outrightly rejected the re-collated parliamentary election results for nine disputed constituencies, where it lost seven of the seats to the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The results, declared by the Electoral Commission (EC) following a court directive, have been described by the NDC as illegal and manipulated. In a strongly […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced plans to re-collate parliamentary results for the Dome Kwabenya, Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, and Tema Central constituencies, citing violations of electoral procedures and unlawful declarations. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Friday, Deputy EC Chair for Operations, Samuel Tettey, explained that the results in these areas were […]
An office belonging to the Electoral Commission of Ghana at Damongo is currently ablaze. There have been no casualties recorded. However, items in the office have been burnt to ashes. The angry youth burnt down the Damongo Municipal EC office over delayed election results declaration. Meanwhile, ballot materials have been set ablaze at Techiman South […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has blamed the delays in releasing election results on the massive presence of party supporters at collation centres across the country. Addressing the media on Sunday, Deputy Chairman of Operations, Samuel Tettey, called for the immediate withdrawal of supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) […]
The Electoral Commission of Ghana, in a post on X, reported that “there has been no report of violence at polling stations.” However, there are several violent incidents reported so far, indicating that the 2024 polls is not peaceful as earlier reported. The Ghana Police Service, has this afternoon, arrested four persons namely, Majid Issah, […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has responded to a viral video circulating on social media that shows a purported copy of the Voters Register for Ahafo Ano 1 and 2 being transported in a white pick-up truck. The Commission has dismissed the video as misleading and unrelated to its operations. In a statement issued on December […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) is addressing multiple issues just eight days before Ghana’s December 7 elections, including shortfalls in ballot papers and discrepancies in serial numbers. These challenges have sparked concerns among stakeholders, prompting swift action by the EC to ensure transparency and fairness in the electoral process. The Commission has identified shortages in presidential […]
The Ghana Police Service has attributed the breaking of a seal on a bag of ballot papers meant for Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region to handling during packing and unpacking processes. The incident, which raised concerns about the integrity of electoral materials, was discovered on Friday during the distribution of ballot papers from the Eastern […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has uncovered discrepancies in the serial numbers on presidential ballot papers for the Berekum West and Berekum East constituencies in the Bono Region. In Berekum West, seven out of 100 booklets and one out of 25 booklets were found to have mismatched serial numbers between the ballots and their corresponding counterfoils. […]
