The Electoral Commission of Ghana has explained some disparities in the December 7 presidential election results which were declared by the Chairperson of the Commission on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The EC in a statement stated that, Jean Mensa “inadvertently used 13,433,573 as the total valid votes cast.” “The total valid votes cast is 13,119,460. This does not change the percentages stated ...

At the peak of last night’s disturbances, gunshots were fired at the office of former President John Dramani Mahama by irate supporters of the National Democratic Congress. GhanaWeb reporters at the premise report that repeated gunshots were fired at the car park as irate supporters protested the outcome of the 2020 Presidential elections declared by Jean Mensa, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission. ...

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information has in no uncertain terms condemned John Dramani Mahama’s claim that he is the winner of the 2020 presidential elections. Oppong Nkrumah revealed his fury with the claims by the NDC’s flagbearer at a press conference held on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. Oppong Nkrumah accused John Mahama of inciting the public against the Electoral ...

The Campaign Manager for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Peter Mac Manu has hinted of a review of the party’s parliamentary primaries system. According to him, the party has learnt a lot of lessons from the just-ended elections and will work at ensuring that some mistakes that they committed do not happen subsequently. Mac Manu who was speaking to Ghana Television said ...

Mr John Boadu, General-Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the Party will go to court over electoral malfeasance after the Electoral Commission (EC) has officially declared the 2020 general election. According to him, an electoral officer voted during the Special Voting on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, and voted again at the main election on Monday, December 7. He noted that the conduct of ...

The eighth parliament of the Fourth Republic (7 January 2021 to 6 January 2025) will have 37 female Members of Parliament (MP). They will constitute 12.75 per cent of MPs. There were 36 women MPs in the 7th Parliament (2017-2021) initially, but Lydia Alhassan won the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, and that number increased to 37. Both outcomes from the 2016 and 2020 elections ...

A United States-based Ghanaian Professor, Kwaku Asare, has asked the appointing authority to consider the Executive Director of the CDD Ghana, Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh as the next Speaker of Parliament. Professor Asare said the chamber needs a Speaker who is more of a nationalist than a partyist. “The Parliamentary results may very well strengthen Parliament and finally liberate it from the jaws of ...

The 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic will see many new faces as about 111 members of the 7th Parliament will not return to the house. Out of the 275 seats, 33 incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs lost their seats in the December 7 elections while 18 incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs also lost. Prior to the Parliamentary elections, 41 incumbent NPP MPs ...

The Electoral Commission has apologised for its inability to declare the results of the 2020 elections within the twenty-four-hour frame it promised. Speaking at a press conference held on the wee hours of Wednesday, December 9, 2020, Jean Mensa, the chairperson of the commission attributed the failure to rainfall in certain parts of the country. She explained that rainfall caused ...

Pollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper Mr. Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson has said claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of winning more Parliamentary seats are not true is false. “From the information available, NDC cannot be leading in Parliament unless there is other information I have no idea of”, Mr Ben Ephson said. His statement comes after ...