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The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced a new procedure for the 2024 presidential election results, stating that results will first be declared at the 16 regional collation centres before the final announcement at the national headquarters.
This was revealed by the Commission’s Deputy Chairman for Corporate Services, Dr. Bossman Asare, during the launch of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) 2024 Election Day observation and post-election activities.
Dr. Asare explained that the decision to announce the results regionally aims to increase transparency, allowing voters to track the process in real-time across the regions. After the results are compiled at polling stations, they will be sent to constituency collation centres and then forwarded to the regional collation centres for the presidential results to be publicly announced.
All political parties have reportedly accepted this new system, with their agents positioned at polling stations and collation centres to oversee the process. Dr. Asare noted that this approach was also successfully implemented during the 2020 elections and is in line with the CI 127, which includes regional collation as part of the presidential election structure.
He added that the collation centres will be equipped to accommodate accredited observers and media personnel, ensuring that the process remains open and transparent. The EC is confident that this method will further strengthen the integrity of the 2024 elections.
