ACCRA, GHANA – July 2, 2025 – As part of its commitment to resolve the impasse regarding the Ablekuma North Constituency Parliamentary Election, the Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, met with representatives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The meeting, a follow-up to an earlier one held on Thursday, June 12, 2025, provided both Parties the opportunity to brief the Commission on any new developments concerning the said Constituency. The Parties informed the Commission that their positions from the last meeting remained unchanged.
- The NDC maintained its view that the Election should be rerun in thirty-seven (37) Polling Stations, arguing that scanned Pink Sheets from these 37 Polling Stations, which were used to collate the results, were provided by the NPP.
- The NPP was of the view that the results from three (3) outstanding Polling Stations should be collated and a winner declared, as the NDC Agents had verified and confirmed the scanned Polling Station results they presented.
It is important for the Public to understand that the issue in contention revolves around the fact that 37 Pink Sheets provided by the NPP and used to collate the results were scanned copies.
The Public may recall that political party supporters besieged the Collation Centre and destroyed a number of the Pink Sheets for the Ablekuma North Parliamentary Election during the collation of results following the December 7 General Election.
After extensive deliberations, the Commission informed the Political Parties that it would proceed to rerun the election in 19 out of the 37 Polling Stations. The Commission arrived at this decision because the 19 scanned Polling Station results used for the collation, though approved by Agents of both Political Parties, were not verified by the Presiding Officers responsible for those Polling Stations.
It is instructive to note that the Commission was able to secure the Presiding Officers’ verification and confirmation for 18 scanned Polling Station results – Agents of both parties also approved these. A rerun will therefore not be held in those Polling Stations.
The Election will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025. The Electoral Commission counts on the Ghana Police Service to brovide the necessarv security to ensure a safe environment for the conduct of the Election.
Ruth Abla ADJORLOLO
