News:
December 27, 2024
The Apex Court of the land on Friday, December 27, 2024 has quashed the re-collated exercise done by the Electoral Commission in four constituencies including Ablekuma North, Okaikoi Central, Tema Central, and Techima South.
Meanwhile, the re-collated results of Ahafo Ano North and Nsawam Adoagyiri were upheld by the Court because their results were not declared at all.
According to the court, the trial judge in the December 20, 2024 ruling violated the rights to a hearing of the NDC Parliamentary Candidates when they applied to the High Court.
The High Court on December 20, 2024 ordered the Electoral Commission to re-collate results in nine constituencies facing dispute.
This followed a mandamus application filed by parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), stating discrepancies in the tabulated results that enabled gave the National Democratic Congress, NDC candidates to be declared winners.
But the NDC described the ruling of the High Court as unlawful and challenged the ruling at the Supreme Court which ruling quashed the re-collation at the four constituencies.
Meanwhile, the EC failed to complete the re-collation of Dome-Kwabenya and Ablekuma North.
Ghanamps.com