Court orders rerun of Kpandai Parliamentary election
The Tamale High Court has mandated a rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election, instructing that a new poll be conducted within 30 days from today, November 24, 2025.
This ruling, issued by His Lordship Emmanuel Brew Plange, comes in response to a legal challenge regarding the results of the 2024 parliamentary election in the constituency.
The petition alleged that irregularities occurred in both the voting and collation processes, thereby compromising the integrity of the results.
Daniel Nsala Wakpal, the former Member of Parliament (MP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Kpandai, initiated the lawsuit contesting the election of Matthew Nyindam as MP.
Wakpal contended that the parliamentary election conducted in the Kpandai constituency on December 7 was invalid.
He asserted that there were discrepancies and inconsistencies in FORM 8A (Regulation 32(7) and 39(2) Statement of Polls for the Office of Member of Parliament — Pink Sheet) for 41 out of the 152 polling stations in the constituency.
He stated, “The parliamentary election held in the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 was not conducted in compliance with Regulations 39 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (CI 127) and the principles laid down by Regulations 39, and that the said non-compliance affected the results of the elections.”
“The declaration and publication of the parliamentary election results held in the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 were not made in compliance with Regulations 43 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (C.I 127) and the principles laid down by Regulations 43, and that the said non-compliance affected the entire results of the parliamentary elections in the Kpandai constituency.”
Wakpal consequently requested a court order to annul the results of the 41 polling stations.
He also sought: “An order directed at the 2nd and 3rd respondents to conduct a rerun of the parliamentary elections in the affected 41 polling stations out of the 152 polling stations in the Kpandai constituency on a date determined by the court.”
In his ruling, Justice Plange supported the petition and instructed the Electoral Commission to arrange a new election to ascertain the legitimate winner.