The Electoral Commission (EC) has opposed calls for a re-run of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Ablekuma North constituency.

Appearing before Parliament on Thursday, June 19, the Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Bossman Asare, justified that the winner of the elections can be declared based on results from three outstanding polling stations.

He noted the Commission will only resort to a re-run after all measures have been exhausted.

“So, for Ablekuma North, we have not reached the point where we will say we don’t have the results. When we try and we cannot get the results, that is when we will resort to the rerun. The rerun will be a last option,” he said.

Ablekuma North remains the only constituency in Ghana without a sitting MP, months after the 2024 general elections, due to unresolved disagreements over the outcome of the parliamentary vote.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has warned that the continued delay poses a serious threat to Ghana’s democratic reputation and the integrity of its electoral system.

He cautioned that how the dispute is handled will shape public trust in Ghana’s electoral processes well beyond the current cycle.

“This is a pivotal moment. The way we handle the collation in Ablekuma North will resonate across the country. It will set the tone, not only for this election, but also for public confidence in the years to come,” Dr. Yohuno stated.

On December 10, 2024, three days after the national polls, the EC declared Ewurabena Aubynn of NDC the winner of the Ablekuma North parliamentary seat, defeating the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Nana Akua Owusu Afriyieh.

However, the EC later revoked the announcement, revealing that results from 62 of the 281 polling stations had not been included in the initial collation.

Efforts to restart the collation in January 2025 were disrupted by multiple challenges.

These included interruptions due to the submission of unverified pink sheets and a violent intrusion at the collation centre that heightened security concerns.

By January 6, only seven polling station results remained uncollated. Yet the process came to a standstill as the EC began engaging both major political parties in an attempt to break the deadlock.

Both the NPP and the NDC have declared victory in the December parliamentary elections.

The NPP maintains that its candidate, Nana Akua Afriyie, emerged the winner based on Electoral Commission figures, while the NDC insists that Ewurabena Aubyn was rightfully elected by the people.