EC Announces Date For Selected District-level and By-Elections

The Electoral Commission (EC) has scheduled May 13, 2025, for district-level and by-elections in some parts of the country.

The Commission will hold a District election for Nkoranza North and South following the expiration of the term of the Assembly and Unit Committee Members.

Interested persons have been directed to obtain Nomination Forms for free at the District Offices of the Electoral Commission or downloaded from the Electoral Commission’s website.

“The Nomination Forms for the District Level Elections must be witnessed by the signature or mark of a Proposer and a Seconder and supported by eighteen (18) other persons who are resident and registered voters in the Electoral Area.

“The Nomination Forms for the Unit Committee Elections must be witnessed by the signature or mark of a Proposer and a Seconder and supported by eight (8) other persons who are resident and registered voters in the Electoral Area.”

The Commission noted that completed Nomination Forms must be delivered in quadruplicate by the Candidate personally or by the Proposer or Seconder together with two (2) copies of a recent bust-sized photograph against a RED background to the Returning Officer of the Electoral Area for which the Candidate seeks election.

The submission can be done from Tuesday, 15 April to Friday, 4 April, 2025, between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 pm and 2:00pm to 5:00pm each day.

By-elections
The EC will as well conduct By-elections in areas for vacant Electoral Areas arising as a result of the death or resignation of a number of Assembly Members.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini