The Supreme Court has invalidated the re-collated parliamentary election results for Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, Tema Central, and Techiman South, effectively overturning the Electoral Commission's (EC) earlier declarations for these constituencies.

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This decision follows heated legal and political disputes surrounding the re-collation process.The court, however, confirmed the re-collated results for Nsawam Adoagyiri and Ahafo Ano North, leaving them unaffected by the ruling.

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This landmark decision emphasizes the judiciary's critical role in tackling electoral issues and ensuring strict adherence to constitutional and procedural norms.The decision comes after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) raised a legal challenge against a contentious High Court ruling from December 20. The ruling had instructed the Electoral Commission (EC) to re-collate results in nine contested constituencies.

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The EC has completed the re-collation process in seven of these constituencies, all of which were won by candidates from the New Patriotic Party (NPP). However, the results for Dome/Kwabenya and Ablekuma North are still pending.The decision comes after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) raised a legal challenge against a contentious High Court ruling from December 20. The ruling had instructed the Electoral Commission (EC) to re-collate results in nine contested constituencies.In his ruling delivered in Accra on Friday, Justice Gabriel Pwamang, the presiding judge, explained that the orders under review are distinct and separate. He stated, “Since the orders which have been brought to be quashed are separate and distinct we have decided to exercise our discretionary power to quash by certiorari having required to the peculiar circumstances of each ruling.“Consequently, we hereby quash the orders of mandamus made for collation of results by the EC in the following constituencies Okawkwei Central, Ablekuma North, Tema Central and Techiman South.”The court found that the trial judge had breached the NDC parliamentary candidates' right to a fair hearing when they filed their application with the High Court.This ruling directly questions the disputed re-collation carried out by the Electoral Commission and the resulting declarations for the affected constituencies.

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Additionally, the court emphasized that, despite the annulment, the mandamus application is still in effect and will be heard by the High Court on Tuesday, December 31.

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