The Electoral Commission (EC) has set January 9, 2024, to conduct run-off to determine winners of 20 Electoral Areas contestants who obtained same results in the just ended District Level Elections across the country.
“The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that, in accordance with the District Level Elections Regulations, 2015 (C.I. 89), it will conduct elections to break ties in the election results recorded during the just ended District Level Elections (DLE)” the EC announced in a statement on Tuesday, January 2.
The statement signed by Michael Boadu, Ag Head of Public Affairs, disclosed that 20 Electoral Areas for Assembly Members and 41 Electoral Areas for Unit Committee Members across the country produced the same results for the contestants.
Read full statement below:
BREAKING OF TIES – DISTRICT LEVEL ELECTIONS (DLE), 2023
The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that, in accordance with the District Level Elections Regulations, 2015 (C.I. 89), it will conduct elections to break ties in the election results recorded during the just ended District Level Elections (DLE).
Following the collation of results from the just ended District Level Elections, 20 Electoral Areas for Assembly Members and 41 Electoral Areas for Unit Committee Members across the country produced the same results for the contestants. As a result, there will be the need to conduct Run-off elections in these areas to break the ties to determine the winners in these Electoral Areas.
The said elections will be held on Tuesday, 9th January, 2024 at all the Polling Stations in the Electoral Areas where the ties were recorded.
The list of Electoral Areas involved in the elections to break the ties is attached.
Thank you.
MICHAEL BOADU
AG. HEAD, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
