Guan residents can’t vote in Dec 7 parliamentary elections – EC explains
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has said that voters in the Guan District in the Oti Region would not participate in the parliamentary elections in the 2020 polls because a constituency is yet to be created in that area.
Due to the creation of new regions some towns which used to be in the Volta Region are now in the Oti Region necessitation a realignment of districts and constituencies yet to be executed.
Ahead of the December 7 polls, the EC said, “the creation of the Guan District Local Government (Guan District Assembly) (Establishment) Instrument, 2020 and pending the creation of the Guan Constituency, eligible voters in the Guan District will vote only in the Presidential Election but not in the Parliamentary Election in the Buem Constituency.”
“Voters in the Guan District are to take note of this Directive from the Electoral Commission,” the EC added.
Ghanaians are voting to elect a president and 275 parliamentarians for the next for years.
There are 12 presidential aspirants with more than 1000 parliamentary candidates.
The twelve include the flagbearer of the NPP – Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, Presidential Candidate of the NDC – John Dramani Mahama, Brigitte Akosua Dzogbenuku – flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Hassan Ayariga of the All People’s Congress (APC), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), David Asibi Ayindenaba Apasera of the People’s National Convention (PNC), among others.
Five of the 17 nominees who submitted their nomination forms with the hope of contesting in the polls were disqualified by the EC.
The five included two independent presidential nominees – Kofi Koranteng and Marricke Kofi Gane, and three political party-sponsored nominees; Akwasi Addae Odike of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Kwasi Busumbru of the People’s Action Party (PAP), and Nana Agyenim Boateng of the United Front Party (UFP).
A total of 17,027,971 voters are expected to cast their ballot in 38,622 polling stations across the 16 regions of the country.