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#2020polls: I stayed up all night to follow results – Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has disclosed that he has been up all night following the 2020 presidential and parliamentary results. Ghana went to the polls on Monday, 7 December 2020 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) and a President, but the Electoral Commission (EC) is yet to declare the …

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NDC challenges EC’s provisional Presidential results for Adansi-Asokwa

The main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has challenged the Electoral Commission’s (EC) certified Presidential results for Adansi-Asokwa in the Ashanti Region. Mr Nurudeen Abass, Ashanti Regional Communications Director, NDC, said the figure they had on their pink sheet after collation of results at the Constituency, was 17,712 for the ruling New …

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2020 Polls: EC to declare results 5pm today

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has indicated its readiness to declare the results for the presidential polls at 5 pm on Tuesday. The EC has maintained its commitment to announce results within 24 hours after the close of polls on Monday. The announcement of the results will take place at the Accra …

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VIDEO: Blows fly at Okaikwei Central Collation Centre over votes recount

There was confusion at Okaikwei Central Collation Centre as New Patriotic Party (NPP) officials demand a recount of the parliamentary votes at Ansurudeen Islamic School 1-Abeka polling station over alleged cheating. The National Democratic Congress officials, however, rejected the request by the NPP for a recount since their agent at …

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NDC claims parliamentary victory in 140 constituencies as provisional results trickle in

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said its analysis of the provisional parliamentary results trickling in from across the country suggest it has won 140 out of the total 275 parliamentary seats. Addressing a marathon press conference on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, NDC’s Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, said the …

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Samira Bawumia’s brother flogs NPP’s Yaw Buaben Asamoa at Adentan

Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, Elder brother of Second Lady, Samira Bawumia has defeated New Patriotic Party’s(NPP’s) Director of Communication Yaw Buaben Asamoah to emerge the Member of Parliament elect for the Adentan constituency in Accra. The son of the former National Chairman of the PNC, had earlier whipped Former Minister for …

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Decision Day?: How the EC Chair arrived at the Commission’s headquarters [VIDEO]

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa has arrived at the headquarters in what could possibly be a ‘decision day’ as provisional results from the collation centres begin to trickle in nationwide. Ghanaians went to the polls on Monday, December 7, 2020, to cast their ballot to elect a President and 275 Members …

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[VIDEO]: Heavy security presence at National Collation Centre ahead of election results

There is heavy security presence at the National Collation Centre situated at the Electoral Commission in Accra. Large police amour vehicles stuffed with ammunitions are on display while these security officers move around the premises fully armed. This comes after the ongoing counting process at the various constituency collation centres across the …

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LIVESTREAMED: NDC holds press conference on election results

The National Democratic Congress is holding a press conference this morning on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. The party is briefing the media on the number of seats it says it has won in the Parliamentary and Presidential election. So far, some provisional results have started to trickle in nationwide where ballots were collated, …

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Nkoranza North: NDC snatches Dep Defence Minister’s seat

The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major (rtd) Derek Oduro, who is also the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkoranza North has lost his seat to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Mr Joseph Kwasi Mensah. Mr Mensah obtained 15,124 votes to beat the incumbent MP, who managed to poll …

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