2024 Elections: Polls End in Less Than an Hour

The Presidential and Parliamentary polls of Ghana will come to a close at 5 pm.

Voting has been taking place across 40,648 polling stations in 276 Constituencies with pickets of shooting incidents, and electoral malpractices by both voters and Electoral Commission (EC) officials.

This year, a total of 18,774,159 people were registered to vote in the elections.

In a notice, the Commission reminded the public that the polls will close at exactly 5 pm on December 7.

It however noted that persons who would be in queues at the stroke of the fifth hour would be allowed to vote.

“Remember: Polls close at 5 pm,” it said in one notice and then added in another post, “You will be allowed to vote once you are in the queue by 5 pm.”

There has been low voter turnout generally.

In her recent briefing the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensah said her outfit had recorded 50% voter turnout as of 2 pm.

Twelve Presidential candidates are scrambling for power. They are Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, an Independent Candidate, Christian Kwabena Andrews of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Daniel Augustus Lartey Jnr of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) and George Twum-Barima-Adu, an Independent Candidate.

The rest are Nana Kwame Bediako, an Independent Candidate, Hassan Abdulai Ayariga of the All People’s Congress (APC), Kofi Akpaloo of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mohammed Frimpong of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Akosua Frimpomaa of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and Kofi Koranteng, an Independent Candidate.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini