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EC declares results for seven disputed constituencies

These constituencies were contested after the 2024 general elections, with the results reaffirming victories for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in all seven areas.

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The Electoral Commission (EC) on December 21 announced the re-collation results for seven out of nine disputed constituencies following a High Court ruling.

These constituencies were contested after the 2024 general elections, with the results reaffirming victories for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in all seven areas.

The re-collation exercise, conducted under tight security, confirmed the following NPP victories:

Ahafo Ano North: Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh defeated Kwasi Adusei (NDC) by 20,353 votes to 20,232.

Techiman South: Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah retained his seat with 46,663 votes, beating Christopher Beyere Baasongti (NDC) who received 43,429 votes.

Ahafo Ano South West: Elvis Osei Dapaah narrowly secured victory with 16,680 votes against Sedik Abubakar’s (NDC) 16,540.

Nsawam Adoagyiri: Frank Annoh Dompreh edged out Amenorpe Philbert Fummey (NDC) with 29,640 votes to 29,433.

Obuasi East: Patrick Boakye-Yiadom retained his seat, winning by 18,558 votes against Samuel Aboagye’s (NDC) 18,539.

Okaikwei Central: Patrick Yaw Boamah regained the seat, overturning an earlier declaration for Baba Sadiq (NDC). Boamah won with 21,099 votes to Sadiq’s 19,368.

Tema Central: Charles Forson was declared the winner with 18,870 votes, narrowly defeating Ebi Bright (NDC), who garnered 18,815 votes.

The results for Ablekuma North and Dome Kwabenya remain pending as the EC awaits further advice.

The re-collation process, according to the EC, was conducted without incidents of intimidation or disruption. However, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has strongly rejected the results. In a statement dated December 21, the NDC accused the EC of acting unlawfully and warned that alleged electoral malpractices will not go unpunished.

The NDC had earlier filed an application at the Supreme Court on December 20, seeking to quash the High Court ruling and halt the re-collation exercise, but the EC proceeded with the process.

Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission (EC) insists that the confusion that rocked the collation of results in some constituencies in the just-ended general elections was largely caused by the disruption of collation exercises at collation centres by party supporters.

Some party supporters besieged some constituency collation centres in response to instructions from their party leaders, causing confusion and in some cases destroying property including electoral materials.

This is in spite of the fact that collation centres are restricted to accredited party agents, media personnel, EC officials and other observers.

The Deputy Director of Research at the Electoral Commission (EC), Fred Tetteh, says these invasions made it necessary to re-collate some of the results since the commission was unable to complete its work.

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