In a major development, Parliament has officially notified the Electoral Commission (EC) that the seat representing the Kpandai constituency is now vacant.
On 24 November 2025, the Tamale High Court annulled the results of the December 2024 parliamentary election in Kpandai, citing irregularities in the votes from multiple polling stations. It ordered a rerun election within 30 days.
As a result, the election that had declared Matthew Nyindam of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) the winner was invalidated, effectively nullifying his claim to the seat.
On December 4, 2025, the Clerk to Parliament formally notified the EC that the Kpandai seat is vacant — a constitutional step under Article 112(5) of the 1992 Constitution, following the court order.
“In exercise of the power conferred and the duty imposed on the Clerk to Parliament by Article 112(5) as amended, of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, as amended, I, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the Clerk to Parliament, do hereby formally notify you of the occurrence of a vacancy in the membership of Parliament, occasioned by the Order of the High Court, Tamale, for a rerun of the Kpandai Parliamentary Elections, given on the 24th day of November, 2025,” the letter read.
The notification triggers the process for organising a rerun election in the constituency.
There had been a fierce debate in Parliament about whether the seat could be declared vacant immediately after the court ruling:
The ruling followed a challenge by the losing candidate, who argued that there were irregularities at 41 out of 152 polling stations.
However, the Alban Bagbin-led Parliament initially refused to declare the seat vacant. Bagbin argued that a seven-day statutory “stay of execution” on appealable High Court judgments prevented immediate enforcement of the ruling.
During that period, Nyindam remained a recognised MP and continued participating in parliamentary business.
With the formal notification to the EC, a by-election (rerun) is now expected to be scheduled for Kpandai, giving voters another opportunity to choose their parliamentary representative.
