Election 2024: EC To Rerun Election In Outstanding Polling Station At Dome Kwabenya Constituency
- The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a rerun at the Abokobi Women’s Development Centre 2 polling station in Dome Kwabenya
- This development is a result of some discrepancies encountered in the constituency during the collation of the parliamentary results
- The decision comes amid irregularities and claims of tampered pink sheets, casting doubt on NDC's Elikplim Akurugu's earlier declaration of victory
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The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a rerun of the parliamentary election at the Abokobi Women’s Development Centre 2 polling station in the Dome Kwabenya constituency.
This decision follows the discovery of discrepancies in the collation process, which involved 367 polling stations and left three outstanding results.

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Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, Director of Training at the EC, explained the rationale behind the rerun. He said the returning officers completed collation for 367 polling stations, but challenges arose with the three remaining results.
One result was rejected outright because it was declared using training sheets instead of the official polling statement.
When the two valid results were incorporated, the margin between the leading candidates was just 165 votes. However, the rejected result accounted for 669 voters. If all 669 votes were hypothetically allocated to the trailing candidate, it could overturn the current lead, necessitating a rerun at that polling station.
“The polling station’s name is Abokobi Women’s Development Centre 2. We are sending our report to the commission, and then the commission will decide when the rerun will occur. However, we assure that it will be conducted before the inauguration.”
This rerun is crucial in determining the outcome of the Dome Kwabenya parliamentary election, which was held in a highly contested seat. Initially, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Elikplim Akurugu was declared the winner, flipping what was considered a safe seat for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
EC suspends re-collation of Dome Kwabenya results
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that the EC suspended its re-collation exercise for Dome Kwabenya and Ablekuma North after NDC and NPP officials failed to produce hard copies of pink sheets.

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The EC said it would come up with a resolution because neither party had pink sheets.
Adwoa Safo loses Dome-Kwabenya NPP primary
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported that Sarah Adwoa Safo, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, lost her parliamentary primary.
Adwoa Safo lost the primary to Mike Oquaye Jr., the CEO of the Free Zones Authority, by over 600 votes.
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Source: YEN.com.gh