Johnie Carson, a Board member of the National Democratic Institute in Washington DC, who is leading a team of observer in Ghana has commended the smooth commencement of voting at the Ridge Church School Polling Station, in Accra.
In an…
Voting has been generally peaceful in the Bortianor/Ngleshie Amanfro (BNA) constituency of the Greater Accra Region.As at 08.20 hours, 38 people had cast their votes at the 31st December Day Care Centre Polling Station.By 08.17 hours, 37 …
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II cast his ballot at the Manhyia Stool administration polling station at about 11:30am.
He was accompanied by his wife, Lady Julia who also cast her vote at the same polling station located within th…
Misunderstanding between polling officials and voters, who could not find their names on the voters’ roll, slowed down voting in some polling centres in the Sunyani East Constituency.
It took the intervention of the security officers de…
Voting is underway in the Jaman North Constituency, where the presidential and parliamentary election had to be postponed for a day because of confusion over the voters roll.
The Electoral Commission (EC) acted quickly to get thi…
Voting in the Hohoe Constituency was calm despite the area being marked as one of the flashpoints in the Volta Region. The Constituency has a voting population of 73,613 with 138 polling centres in 30 electoral areas.
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The Presidential and Parliamentary elections started peacefully at polling centres in the Upper East Region on Wednesday morning with voters waiting in long queues for their turn to cast their ballots.
Queueing started at about 04:30 h…
Presidential staffer, Mr Clement Apaak has snatched the Builsa South constituency seat in the Upper East region from the People's National Congress (PNC) candidate, Alhassan Azong.
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The Central Minister, Mr Kweku Ricketts-Hagan has retained the Cape Coast South constituency seat. Ricketts-Hagan, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate polled 20,456 to beat his closest contender, lawyer Michael Arthur Dadzie …
The journey to the 2016 Election has been chequered since the beginning of the Fourth Republican Dispensation in 1992.
Though the country has been globally acclaimed as an oasis of peace reaping the dividends of democracy within the…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has snatched the Cape Coast North Constituency seat from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson reports that the NPP's Barbara Asher Ayisi polled 19, 475 votes to beat her close…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has called for calm as election results trickle in from various parts of the country.
Ten hours after polls closed, the Commission says it is yet to release certified results as it has noticed several inst…
At the time of going to press last Wednesday, the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections were still being sent to the collation centres with no clear picture emerging.
The race appeared to be a keen contest between …
Ghanaians have expressed diverse reactions to the New Patriotic Party’s press conference suggesting that the party was in the lead in the presidential elections.
On social media platforms , keen observers mainly condemned the action by …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned the action by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to declare themselves winners of the 2016 general elections.
The NPP announced on Thursday dawn ahead of the official declaration of result…
The Electoral Commission has called for calm following an announcement by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) indicating that the party has won the presidential elections per their projections.
At a press conference Thursday, the Director of …
Madam Aisha Ibrahim, National President of Ghana Blind Union, has said Persons with Disability should be given the opportunity to vote independently in the December 7 elections.
She said they should also be allowed to cast their votes w…
The Electoral Commission has announced that the toll free line for their technical staff and linked to the national operations room is ready. Mrs Charlotte Osei, the EC Chairperson said the shortcode #6363 was for the public to contact the…
President John Dramani Mahama, expressing his confidence in the strength of Ghana's institutions to undertake the electioneering task, urged polling officials and all others in the exercise, to conduct themselves in a fair and neutral mann…
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the running mate to the flag-bearer of the New Patriotic Party, was the 152nd person to cast his vote at 09.44 hours at the Kperiga D/A Primary School Polling Station 'A' in the Walewale Constituency of the Northern Re…
Voter turnout in the early hours of voting has been impressive across the Ashanti Region. It has additionally been smooth and peaceful with no reported confusion at any of the 5,190 polling centres in the 47 constituencies. Some voters in…
Voters have been pouring in at polling centres across the Ashanti Region to cast their ballot in the presidential and parliamentary elections. Long snaking queues had been formed before voting started at a number of centres visited by the…
Voting started without glitches in the Kpando Constituency when the exercise commenced at 0700 hours this morning.According to Mr Ernest Baffuor, Kpando Director of Electoral Commission, all voting materials were dispatched on time, a vind…
The Civic Forum Initiative (CFI) and the Democratic Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) have called on Ghanaians to ensure clean elections on Wednesday whilst demonstrating zero-tolerance to fraudulent electoral process.
A statem…
The stakes for the 2016 Presidential Election on Wednesday are very high between the two leading candidates. President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress will not want to be the first President to serve a one term offi…
The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA), has wished Ghanaians successful and peaceful elections as they embark on the seventh presidential and parliamentary elections under the fourth Republican Constitution.
The E…
A former President of Namibia and leader of the African Union (AU) Election Observation Mission, Mr Hifikepunye Pohamba, has asked Ghana to demonstrate her maturity in democracy by holding a peaceful election.
Speaking on arrival in Acc…
The Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, is the Garden City of West Africa because of its green environment and is also the city that hosts Manhyia, the palace where the Golden Stool conjured from heaven by Okomfo Anokye is housed.
Since t…
The Flag Bearer of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor, has petitioned the government to make Wednesday, December 7, 2016, the day Ghanaians will go to the polls, a holiday.
She explained that the move would enable more Gha…
The Women Situation Room (WSR)-Ghana, a women peace advocacy organization, is to deploy 400 female election observers on voting day. Madam Adwoa Bame, the National Coordinator, said there would be 40 of them in each region to assist to ma…
The Chief Observer of the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission, Mr Tamas Meszerics, has stated that the mission is satisfied with preparations made so far by the Electoral Commission towards the December 7 general election.
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The John Mahama 2016 Campaign has denounced an attack on members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South, Mr Samuel Atta Akyea, and the Abontendomhene of Kyebi.
In a statement…
The People’s National Convention (PNC) parliamentary candidate for the New Juaben South Constituency of the Eastern Region, Nana Opambour Bonsu has advised the youth to think about their future before attempting to engage in political viol…
Hajia Samira Bawumia, the wife of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, running mate to Nana Addo-Dankwah Akufo Addo, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer has appealed to the people of Gomoa West to vote massively for the NPP to reverse the hardship …
Do you know that as many as 15,712,499 people are registered to vote in the 2016 elections? Do you know that of the 1,158 parliamentary candidates from across the 275 constituencies, only 136 are females?
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In all, one hundred and twenty- two candidates, including 11 women, are vying for the 29 parliamentary seats in the Brong-Ahafo Region in the December 7 general election.
Mr. George Gyabaah, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of the Elec…
Scores of angry police officers in Wa have expressed disappointment in the Electoral Commission following their inability to vote on Sunday as they could find their names in the Special Voters list.
The officers lodged their complaint w…
Security and media practitioners whose names were not captured in the special voters’ list, hence were unable to vote on Sunday, have been urged to exercise restraint and vote on December 7 in their constituencies.
Mr Hackman-Kumi Attua…
Some members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) have reminded Ghana to be guided by her previous peaceful elections and, as such, should not disappoint Africa in the December 7 polls.
“Ghana bears the torchlight of democracy and the en…
Former chairman of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) and Member of Parliament (MP) for Talensi in the Upper East Region, Mr Benson Tongo Baba, will come face to face with destiny on December 7, when the thumbprints of voters in the farmer-…
President John Dramani Mahama says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is praying for a run-off in the presidential election but that will not materialise .
"I want to assure them that we w…
A Few Pointers to Our Voting Procedure
On the voting day, a registered voter is expected to follow some basic rules.
Go to the polling station
Check your name in the register
Put your finger on the verification device
Inde…
Togbi Amenya Fiti V, Paramount Chief of Aflao, has called on the electorate to come out to vote in the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections. He said it was unpatriotic for voters to stay away from the general elections sayi…
Sympathisers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Hwidiem in the Asutifi South District of the Brong Ahafo Region have promised one touch victory for President John Dramani Mahama and their Parliamentary Candidate, Alhaji Collins …
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced allowances for Electoral Officials for the December 7, Presidential and Parliamentary polls.
In a statement signed by Ms Georgina Opoku Amankwaa, EC Deputy Chairperson in Charge of Corporate …
Mrs Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has urged both its permanent and temporal staff to put Ghana first in their work to ensure a successful general election.
Mrs Osei warned them not to put any candidate or…
Voting by security officers and other officials, who would be performing special duties on election-day – December 07, got off to a smooth start in the Ashanti Region. A total of 19,710 voters are on the special voters list in the region …
There is confusion, anger and disappointment among people, who were expected to take part in the special voting in the Eastern Region but could not find their names on the special voters roll.
Many of these people were in Akosombo, Kofo…
A number of security personnel and some journalists in the Wa Central Constituency could not find their names on the Special Voters Register when they turned out to cast their votes.
This happened at the Wa Circuit Court Polling Station…
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