POLITICS

I can’t find my running mate – Akua Donkor

Flagbearer of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor says she can’t locate the whereabouts of her running mate, Ernest Adakabre Frimpong Manso after the release of the presidential elections results from some constituencies, MyNewsGh.com reports. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Angel TV monitored by MyNewsGh.com, the GFP flagbearer said her running mate hasn’t contacted her since the ...

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NDC wins all but one seat in Upper East Region

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has captured 14 out of the 15 Parliamentary seats in the Upper East Region. Only the Binduri Parliamentary seat has been taken by Mr Abdulai Abanga of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), certified results from the Electoral Commission (EC) after the general elections has indicated. Mr Abanga, a former Parliamentary candidate, secured 15,016 votes to ...

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14 certified regional results give Akufo-Addo 5,067,445 votes, Mahama 4,410,143 votes

The Electoral Commission (EC) has released three more certified regional results of Monday’s polls bringing to 14, the total number of certified regional results released so far out of 16. The regions are Eastern, Western North, and Bono East. In the Eastern Region, the governing NPP’s presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, polled 752, 061 votes while the main opposition ...

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NDC supporters besiege EC headquarters ahead of results declaration

Scores of supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have besieged the headquarters of the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of the official declaration of results of the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary polls. The NDC supporters claim the EC is manipulating the results to favour the ruling New Patriotic Party. On Tuesday evening, NDC flagbearer former President John Mahama said ...

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NPP, NDC agents’ refusal to sign declaration forms in Savelugu delays poll declaration

The Electoral Commission’s delay in declaring the winner of the December 7 presidential election has been attributed to the refusal by agents of the two biggest parties, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to sign the parliamentary and presidential declaration forms at the Savelugu Constituency in the Northern Region. Explaining the incident to the media, the ...

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We will accept Fomena MP back – NPP

The New Patriotic Party has disclosed that they will accept the Member of Parliament for Fomena Constituency, Lawyer Andrew Amoako Asiamah back to the party. The Fomena MP became an outcast of the NPP after he decided to run independently in the parliamentary race in the December 7 elections. His seat was declared vacant after the party wrote to the ...

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NDC’s Kpessa-Whyte alleges ballot stuffing in Ashanti; says 390,000 extra ballots detected overnight

A former Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, who is also a member of the main opposition National Democratic Congress’ election observer team embedded within the Electoral Commission’s Collation Centre, has alleged that his party has detected some extra 390,000 ballots in the Ashanti Region overnight. The Research Fellow with the History and Politics Section at the Institute ...

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Election 2020: How the 16 regions voted

The Electoral Commission (EC) is yet to announce the full outcome of the Monday, December 7, presidential and parliamentary elections. However, certified results from the EC show that the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have both lost and gained some parliamentary seats in the sixteen regions of the country. GhanaWeb in this report ...

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EIB Projection for 261 constituencies: Akufo-Addo leads with 51.69%

President Akufo-Addo has taken a significant lead in 261 constituency results collated by the EIB Network. Out of the 261 constituencies collated, the president has garnered a total of 6, 297, 943 representing 51.69% while the NDC’s flagbearer John Dramani Mahama has polled 5, 750, 955 representing 47.20%. The remaining 10 parties made up, NDP, CPP, PPP, GUM, LPG, GFP, ...

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Rains, others affected results declaration timeline – Jean Mensa

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Jean Mensa says rains and other challenges on election day affected the timeline set for results declaration. The commission failed on its promise to announce results 24 hours after the polls. “We express our regret for our inability to declare the results at 5 pm on Tuesday as planned. The unexpected rains and some ...

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