The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the collation of parliamentary results for the Ablekuma North constituency due to discrepancies identified in results from 20 polling stations.Out of 62 outstanding polling stations in the constituency, 42 have been successfully cleared.

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However, the returning officer cited irregularities in the remaining 20 and requested an additional 24 hours to verify the figures before declaring the final results.The suspension follows a High Court ruling on January 4, which directed the EC to finalize the collation and declaration of results in four disputed constituencies: Tema Central, Ablekuma North, Okaikwei Central, and Techiman South.

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The court's decision was based on successful mandamus applications filed by New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidates from the constituencies.The EC has since completed the collation for three constituencies—Tema Central, Okaikwei Central, and Techiman South—where the NPP secured victories. Patrick Yaw Boamah reclaimed the Okaikwei Central seat with 21,099 votes, overturning an earlier declaration favoring the NDC’s Baba Sadiq.

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Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah won Techiman South with 46,663 votes, defeating NDC’s Christopher Beyere Baasongti, who garnered 43,429 votes. Charles Forson secured the Tema Central seat with 18,870 votes, narrowly defeating the NDC’s Ebi Bright.The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has since filed an appeal challenging the High Court’s directive, citing unresolved concerns over the collation process.

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