The Electoral Commission (EC) has clarified that it has not yet received the official results for both the presidential and parliamentary elections in the just ended 2024 general elections from all sixteen (16) regions.

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In a press briefing on Sunday, the Director of Electoral Services at the EC, Dr Bannor Bio, explained that the results currently circulating are from the regional collation centres and have not yet been finalized at the National Collation Centre.He emphasized that the EC has not made any statements regarding the current standing of candidates, as the official results are still pending.

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The EC reassured the public that it will provide an update once the final results are received and verified."Once received the results are also collated in the pool view of the party agents who are here with us and a copy given to each agent present. The results from the National Collation Centre are also posted at the National Collation Centre.

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Once this is done the returning officer for the presidential election in the person of the Chairperson of the EC declares the winner of the presidential election."For the information for the general public as we speak no results have been received at the National Collation Centre from the regions.

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Our feedback from the field is that the results are trickling in to the regional collation centre hence our inability to publish these results at the National Collation Centre," he added.

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