EC rules out re-run in Ablekuma North
The Electoral Commission (EC) has ruled out an immediate re-run of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Ablekuma North constituency, stating that results from three outstanding polling stations can still be collated.
However, the process has been delayed due to the Ghana Police Service awaiting advice from the Attorney General’s Department on how best to provide security for the collation exercise.
Responding to questions on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, June 19, the Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Bossman Asare, clarified that a re-run remains a last resort.
“So, for Ablekuma North, we have not reached the point where we will say we don’t have the results. When we try and we cannot get the results, that is when we will resort to the rerun. The rerun will be a last option,” he said.
Dr. Asare further disclosed that the Electoral Commission spent GHS 3.6 million on the reprinting of presidential ballots and GHS 2.4 million on parliamentary ballots for the Eastern and Western Regions during the 2024 general elections.
