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Voting ends in Ghana’s historic elections
Accra, Dec. 7, Ghanadot/GNA - Voting in Ghana’s historic election
ended officially at 1700 hours in the presidential and
parliamentary elections throughout the 22,000 polling
stations on Sunday.
Counting begins immediately at the polling stations to
witness by the Party Agents, Observers, and the general
public who would observe from a distance.
The first results are expected later on Sunday evening
through to early Monday.
Voting was generally peaceful except in some polling
stations where the behaviour of party agents created
confusion.
An unspecified number of people were arrested trying to vote
more than once or impersonate.
There were delays in voting in some polling stations and the
EC would extend the time accordingly to allow the stipulated
10-hour voting period.
Some 12.5 million voters were expected to have voted.
There were eight presidential candidates and 1,064
parliamentary candidates contesting for the 230
constituencies.
The polls was to elect a President and 230 Parliamentarians
in what promises to be an exciting contest among four
front-running political parties – New Patriotic (NPP);
National Democratic Congress (NDC); People’s National
Convention (PNC) and Convention People’s Party (CPP).
Some political analysts have gone further to narrow the
contest down to between the ruling NPP and the main
opposition NDC with CPP expected to cause a stir and
probably push the contest into a second round.
Polling started at 0700 hours and continued to 1700 hours.
The first results are expected late on Sunday night or early
on Monday morning. The Electoral Commission expects all
results to be declared within 72 hours.
GNA
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