The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced Friday, July 11, 2025, as the date for rerun election in 19 out of 37 polling stations in the Ablekuma North constituency.
The rerun comes after disruptions and irregularities during the initial electoral process at the affected polling stations, which rendered the results inconclusive.
According to the EC, the decision was taken in line with electoral laws to ensure transparency, fairness, and the integrity of the electoral outcomes.
In a statement issued by the Deputy EC Chairman in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, said in a statement issued on Tuesday, July 2, 2025, he said “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.”
This decision, according to the Commission, stems from the inability of Presiding Officers at the affected polling stations to verify scanned results used in the collation process, despite the results having received prior approval from agents of both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The announcement follows a high-level meeting convened by the Commission on Monday, July 1, 2025, with representatives of the NDC and the NPP, as part of efforts to resolve the impasse that has clouded the outcome of the parliamentary election in the constituency. This engagement was a continuation of an earlier meeting held on June 12, 2025.
However, during the discussions, both political parties maintained their entrenched positions on the matter. The NDC insisted that a fresh election be conducted across all 37 polling stations, arguing that the scanned pink sheets used during the collation were submitted by the NPP.
On the other hand, the NPP contended that the results from only three remaining polling stations needed to be collated and a winner declared, emphasizing that NDC agents had already verified and endorsed the scanned pink sheets presented.
“It is important for the Public to understand that the issue in contention, has to do with the fact that 37 Pink Sheets provided by the NPP and used to collate the results, were scanned copies,” the statement added.
The controversy traces back to the chaotic events that unfolded during the collation of results after the December 7 general election.
At the time, supporters of political parties stormed the EC’s collation centre and destroyed several original pink sheets related to the Ablekuma North Parliamentary contest.
Despite the setback, the Commission indicated that it has since received verification and confirmation of 18 of the scanned results from Presiding Officers, with both party agents agreeing to them. As such, a rerun will not be conducted in those 18 polling stations.
