Election

Counting for the parliamentary election in the Sene West is underway after the Wenchi High Court quashed a petition by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) asking the court to declare their candidate the winner. More soon ...

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Baba Jamal, is being looked for the key to the store where a controversial ballot box in the just-ended parliamentary elections in Sene West is being kept. The keys to the lock to the store is said to be with Mr Jamal, who is part of NDC...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has released the summary results sheets used to collate the 2020 presidential elections. Popularly known as pink sheets, the official documents of the EC show the total number of votes each presidential candidate garnered in the December 7 general election. Based on the numbers stated on the pink sheets, the Returning Officer, Jean Mensa...

The Electoral Commission has announced the certified Parliamentary results of the 2020 election across 275 constituencies. According to a statement issued by the EC on Thursday, December 10, 2020, the New Patriotic Party has won 137 seats in Parliament while the National Democratic Congress has won 136 seats. One independent candidate has however won a seat in Parliament...

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party’s ‘4 more to do more’ dream has become a reality as the Electoral Commission has declared the candidate winner of the December 7, 2020, presidential polls. At a press conference at the Commission’s headquarters in Accra to announce the results of the presidential poll which was a re-election push...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are both claiming victory in the ongoing general elections. Addressing the media at various press conferences, both parties claimed to have won the most seats in parliament and are leading the presidential race as well. General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu said they have...

At least 28 incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislators have lost their parliamentary seats in Monday’s elections. Some 21 of them are either ministers, ministers of state or deputy ministers. That is aside from the 41 who lost the NPP primaries earlier this year and thus did not contest yesterday’s polls. Meanwhile, four NPP MPs are retiring, including...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has indicated it will formally declare the 2020 presidential election results at 5pm. The declaration would be done at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). Press statement issued Tuesday morning December 8, 2020, the EC has announced that the collation of results is proceeding smoothly across the country. "The Electoral Commission informs the general...

The Fomena District Electoral Office in the Ashanti Region has been gutted by fire. Although the cause of the incident is unknown, it is reported to have occurred on Tuesday dawn. However, available information, indicates that the Electoral Commission (EC) officials are still at the collation centre not too far from the district office working on the parliamentary...