The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Trobu constituency, John Kofi Halm, has filed a legal challenge seeking to overturn the declaration of Gloria Owusu of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the winner of the December 7 parliamentary elections.

In his lawsuit, Mr. Halm names multiple respondents, including the Electoral Commission (EC) Headquarters, the Electoral Commission’s Trobu District Office, and the Clerk of Parliament, listed as the second, third, and fourth respondents, respectively.

Mr. Halm alleges that irregularities in the electoral process undermined the integrity of the results in the constituency. Gloria Owusu was declared the winner after securing 43,789 votes, while Mr. Halm polled 35,147 votes.

The NDC candidate and his legal team argue that the results cannot stand due to alleged “irregularities and inconsistencies contained in FORM 8A (Regulation 32 (7) and 39(2) Statement of Polls for the Office of Member of Parliament (Pink Sheet) for Ninety-eight (98) polling stations out of a total of Two hundred and eighty-eight (288) polling stations in the Trobu Constituency.”

Represented by his lawyer, Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo, Mr. Halm is asking the court to nullify the results, citing violations of Ghana’s electoral laws and regulations.

“The parliamentary election held in the Trobu Constituency on 7th December 2024 was not conducted in compliance with Regulations 39 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (C.I. 127) and the principles laid down by Regulations 39 and that the said non-compliance affected the results of the elections,” the legal team argues.

They further highlight alleged discrepancies between the votes recorded on the pink sheets and the actual votes counted at polling stations, claiming the inconsistencies are significant enough to cast doubt on the declared results.

The suit contends that the Electoral Commission’s failure to resolve these alleged irregularities before declaring Gloria Owusu the winner constitutes a breach of its constitutional mandate to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections.