Nana Akua Owusu Afriyieh
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will rerun the Ablekuma North parliamentary election in 19 out of 37 polling stations on Friday, July 11, 2025.
A statement issued and signed on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, by the Deputy Chairperson in charge of Operations at the EC, Samuel Tettey, said the decision to rerun the election in the 19 polling stations follows extensive deliberations with the two major political parties.
According to the EC, the meeting with the parties was a follow-up to an earlier engagement held on Thursday, June 12, 2025, which gave both parties the opportunity to brief the Commission on new developments regarding the parliamentary seat for the constituency.
Both parties, the EC stated, maintained their earlier positions presented at the previous meeting.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) held the view that the election should be rerun in all 37 polling stations, arguing that the scanned pink sheets used for collation were submitted by the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Meanwhile, the NPP insisted that the EC should collate results from the three outstanding polling stations and declare a winner, since NDC agents had already verified and confirmed the scanned pink sheet results.
Following the December 7 general election, political party supporters stormed the collation centre at the Ablekuma North Constituency during the collation process, destroying several pink sheets for the area.
The EC subsequently suspended the collation, citing security concerns. Multiple attempts to complete the process proved unsuccessful, resulting in the constituency lacking parliamentary representation since January 2025.
However, according to the EC, “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.”
Mr. Tetteh explained that 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, which were also approved by agents of both parties. A rerun will therefore not be held in those polling stations,” the statement added.
The Commission has since urged the Ghana Police Service to provide the necessary security to ensure a safe environment for the conduct of the election.
By Ebenezer K. Amponsah