The Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed that it used WhatsApp, a widely-used messaging app, to receive and organize the results of the NPP Super Delegates Congress on August 26, 2023.

The event was intended to pick five presidential hopefuls out of ten candidates who want to compete for the NPP flagbearership in 2024.

Director of Electoral Services at the EC, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, explained that the Commission got the results through WhatsApp from 17 voting locations across the country.

The EC projected these results on a screen for candidates' representatives to check and confirm. Once everyone agreed, the results were written down and combined.

Dr. Quaicoe said this method was quicker and more efficient than doing the process twice, which would have taken more time and effort. He also noted that there were no complaints from the field or the representatives; everyone accepted and signed off on the results.

"We didn't do double collation. We were receiving the results through WhatsApp. So what were were doing is that when the results comes through the WhatsApp, then we project the results that has come through our notice for them to compare and with what they have, so once they all agree, then we transfer them to the collation sheet, and we collate it. So were were showing them the results we were getting from the field and how the collation was also going so that nobody can complain that we didn't have this, we did not have that, " he said.

He mentioned that only five representatives out of ten showed up at the EC headquarters for the result collection. Dr. Quaicoe thanked security personnel for keeping everything safe and praised everyone involved for their good behavior."For the commission,. we didn't receive any complaints from the field. The results were sent to us. We have five of the agents here. We did the collation with them. They have accepted the results. They have counter signed the collated results, taken their copies and they are gone, so it means that they don't have any issues with the results. So farm I will say that it has been good," he said.

The NPP Super Delegates Congress results showed that Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia came first with 629 votes, which is 66.29% of all the votes. In second place was Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, a Member of Parliament, with 132 votes, or 13.91%.

Other candidates and their votes included Trade and Industry Minister Mr. Alan John Kyeremanteng with 95 votes (10.01%), Food and Agriculture Minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto with 36 votes (3.79%), former MP for Mampong Mr. Francis Addai-Nimoh and former Energy Minister Mr. Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko, both with 9 votes each, or 0.95%.

Some candidates who didn't receive as much votes: former General Secretary of the NPP Mr. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong with 6 votes (0.63%), former Railways Development Minister Mr. Joe Ghartey with 4 votes (0.42%), former NPP Technology Director Mr. Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku with 3 votes (0.32%), and former Minister of State Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku with 0 votes.

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