The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the parliamentary seat in the Sene West Constituency in the Bono East Region, according to provisional results. The area, where results became a subject of contention, saw a petition for an interlocutory injunction by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) thrown out by the Wenchi High Court. The injunction was being sought...
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...
European Union observers in the just ended Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Ghana have given pointers to how results were manipulated. According to observers, results were not publicly displayed in 17 polling stations they observed. The observers however noted, "voting was conducted in a generally peaceful atmosphere and voting procedures were mostly followed, including the biometric verification of...
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...
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...
At least seven people have been injured following a clash between supporters of the NDC and NPP in the Kpandai Constituency in the Northern Region. Information Joy News gathered was that the NDC held a rally at the incumbent MP, Matthew Nyindam’s hometown at Kumude whiles the NPP also held its rally at the NDC candidate’s hometown at...