The Electoral Commission (EC) has ordered a rerun of the election at the Abokobi Women’s Development Centre 2 polling station in the Dome-Kwabenya constituency.This move follows the completion of the collation process for 367 polling stations, which revealed discrepancies in the results from three stations.Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, the EC's Director of Training, offered an explanation regarding the issue.

0

“The report from the returning officers was that they have concluded collating 367 polling station results. They were left with three of the results, and the three results were brought later.“The commission rejected one of them outrightly on the stance that it was declared on a wrong statement of poll because they used training sheets, which is not the one that they should use.

1

So the commission has rejected one, so we decided to come and add the two and see what happens.”After factoring in the two valid results, the gap between the top two candidates narrowed to only 165 votes. However, the rejected result accounted for 669 voters. If all of those votes had gone to the trailing candidate, they would have overtaken the leader, leading the Electoral Commission to call for a rerun at that polling station.Dr.

2

Quaicoe confirmed the polling station in question: “The polling station’s name is Abokobi Women’s Development Centre 2. We are sending our report to the commission, and then the commission will take the decision on when it should be done, but we are assured that it will be done before they are inaugurated.”The rerun plays a pivotal role in deciding the outcome of the Dome Kwabenya parliamentary race, where each vote is crucial.

3

Elikplim Akurugu of the NDC was previously announced as the victor in the Dome Kwabenya parliamentary race, successfully overturning a seat that had long been regarded as a stronghold for the NPP.Nevertheless, her win was overshadowed by allegations of irregularities, with accusations that certain pink sheets were altered following a crowd of party supporters converging on the collation center.

4