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 are yet to be collated and remain valid.
According to the EC, the delay in completing the collation process is due to the Ghana Police Service awaiting legal advice from the Attorney General’s Department on how best to provide security during the exercise.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, June 19, Dr. Bossman Asare, Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Corporate Affairs, explained that a re-run would only be considered as 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 also revealed that the 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.