The 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic will see many new faces as about 111 members of the 7th Parliament will not return to the house. Out of the 275 seats, 33 incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs lost their seats in the December 7 elections while 18 incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs …
Read More »Gunshots fired, tyres burnt at Mahama’s office
At the peak of last night’s disturbances, gunshots were fired at the office of former President John Dramani Mahama by irate supporters of the National Democratic Congress. GhanaWeb reporters at the premise report that repeated gunshots were fired at the car park as irate supporters protested the outcome of the …
Read More »#2020polls: NDC supporters storm EC HQ, demand declaration of results
Supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have massed up at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in Accra, demanding that the Chairperson of the election management body, Mrs Jean Mensa, declare the presidential results of Monday’s polls. The supporters chanted “we want peace” and insisted that the flagbearer of …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: NDC executives hold another press conference
The National Executives Council of the National Democratic Congress is holding a press conference to address some issues concerning the ongoing collation of ballots. The presser comes barely an hour after John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the party spoke to the media. John Mahama accused the NPP and Nana Akufo-Addo …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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, …
Read More »VIDEO: MP contenders doze off at collation centre
At the Teshie Police station, where the collation from various polling stations was being done Tuesday dawn, the two leading contenders in the Ledzokuku constituency, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Mr Benjamin Ayiku Nartey from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) tried to stay awake and observe …
Read More »VIDEO: We’ve flipped 36 seats from the NPP – NDC assures fans
The National Democratic Congress has disclosed that they are in a comfortable lead in the ongoing general election. The party held a press conference to address the public on results trooping in from the various constituencies across the country. Speaking at the press conference, Elvis Afriyie the Director of election …
Read More »LIVESTREAMED: NDC emergency press conference
The National Democratic Congress is holding a press conference to address some developments over the counting and collation of votes. They have claimed victories in certain constituencies even before the EC makes any official declaration. It is expected that they will use this press conference to give explanations on how they arrived …
Read More »Election 2020: Stay alert; victory is near – NDC to polling agents
The Director of Elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has called on polling agents of the party to stay alert during the counting of ballots as polls near closure. According to the party, efforts by the ruling NPP to rig the elections are being monitored and …
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