Troubled Ablekuma North: “Nonconformist” EC Chairperson beats retreat, announces a rerun of Parliamentary Election in 19 Polling Stations on July 11
Troubled Ablekuma North: “Nonconformist” EC Chairperson beats retreat, announces a rerun of Parliamentary Election in 19 Polling Stations on July 11
The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, ‘nonconformist’ Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa and deputies who has maintained that the commission will go ahead to declare Parliamentary election results with copies of scanned Pinks Sheets from polling stations without the original Pinks Sheets has rescinded its earlier decision to rerun election in 19 Polling Stations on July 11, 2025.
The Commission in a press release dated July 2, 2025, and signed by a Deputy Commissioner in charge of Operations at the EC, Mr. Samuel Tettey, has announced that it will conduct a rerun of the Parliamentary Election in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency following the dispute over the authenticity of election results from the December 7, 2024, General Election.
The release stated that the decision was reached after a follow-up meeting with representatives of the two main political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), held on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
The dispute stems from concerns raised by the NDC over the use of scanned Pink Sheets from 37 polling stations, which the party claims were provided by the NPP and lacked sufficient verification. The NDC insisted that the entire election be rerun in those 37 stations, but the commission declined their request.
The opposition NPP on the other hand, maintained that there are only three polling station results which is outstanding needed to be collated to finalize the outcome, arguing that the scanned Pink Sheets had already been verified by NDC agents during the process an argument the EC brushed aside.
The Commission in defense clarified that the issue at hand revolves around the fact that scanned Pink Sheets documents used to record polling station-level results were used in the collation after physical copies were destroyed when political party supporters stormed the collation centre.
Following extensive deliberations, top management of the EC has resolved to rerun the election in 19 of the 37 polling stations, citing that although the scanned results from these stations were approved by both party agents, they lacked verification by the Presiding Officers.
The remaining 18 scanned results, the Commission noted, were verified by both the agents and the Presiding Officers and will therefore not be subject to a rerun.
The rerun is scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025, and the Commission has assured the public of its commitment to transparency, fairness, and integrity throughout the process.
The Ghana Police Service has been called upon to provide adequate security to ensure a peaceful and orderly conduct of the election.
