The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has secured an interlocutory injunction to halt the Electoral Commission’s (EC) planned rerun of parliamentary elections in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency.
The injunction, filed by the party’s legal team seeks to suspend the scheduled July 11, 2025, rerun pending a court decision.
The EC’s decision to organize a partial rerun stems from disputes over the collation and authenticity of results from the December 7, 2024, general elections. However, the NPP has rejected the move, describing it as “unjust” and without proper legal grounding.
Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV on July 6, 2025, NPP National Youth Organiser Salam Mustapha accused the Electoral Commission of setting what he called a “dangerous precedent” that could undermine the credibility of Ghana’s electoral system.
“The EC doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally decide to rerun elections in selected polling stations. If we allow this, political parties could abuse the process by creating chaos wherever they are losing,” Mustapha argued.
“If there are genuine grounds for a rerun, the Electoral Commission should seek a court order, not act on its own.”
The December 2024 parliamentary election in Ablekuma North ended in controversy after preliminary results showed NPP candidate Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie narrowly defeating the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate Ewurabena Aubynn by just 414 votes—garnering 34,613 votes to Aubynn’s 34,199.
The NDC rejected the results, alleging electoral fraud, including the falsification of pink sheets and collusion between some EC officials and NPP agents.
The situation worsened when, on January 17,2025, the collation of results was abruptly halted after suspected NDC supporters allegedly vandalized the EC’s Greater Accra office, forcing the suspension of the process.
After months of protests, petitions, and consultations, the Electoral Commission on July 2,2025, announced a rerun in 19 out of 281 polling stations, citing discrepancies involving unverified scanned pink sheets.
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