Court Orders Rerun of Kpandai Parliamentary Election After Challenge Against NPP MP Matthew Nyindam
- The New Patriotic Party is in danger of losing another parliamentary seat from the 2024 election after an order for a rerun in Kpandai
- The National Democratic Congress Parliamentary Candidate for the region, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, previously filed an election petition
- The ruling party politician was challenging the election victory of Matthew Nyindam
The Tamale High Court has ordered a rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election, directing that a fresh poll be conducted within 30 days from November 24, 2025.
This is after the National Democratic Congress candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, sued to challenge the election of Matthew Nyindam as the Member of Parliament for the constituency.
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The election petition argued that irregularities during the voting and collation processes affected the credibility of the outcome.
Wakpal held that there were irregularities and inconsistencies in FORM 8A (Regulation 32 (7) and 39 (2) statement of polls for the office of Member of Parliament for 41 polling stations out of a total of 152 polling stations in the constituency.
In his judgment, 3News reported that Justice Plange upheld the petition and ordered the Electoral Commission to organise a new election to determine the rightful winner.
"The parliamentary election held in the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 was not conducted in compliance with Regulations 39 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (CI 127) and the principles laid down by Regulations 39, and that the said non-compliance affected the results of the elections."
Kpandai election: How Matthew Nyindam reacted
After the result was announced, Nyindam filed notices of appeal and a stay of execution against the ruling of the High Court in Tamale.
Citi News reported that he sought to challenge the court’s verdict and temporarily halt the execution of the rerun pending the outcome of the appeal.
3News also reported that he was concerned about the fairness of the judgment.
Haruna Mohammed, Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, said he also believes the judgment was predetermined.
“Before the proceedings began, I was there along with the other lawyers. Immediately, the computer was opened, and the judgment was already there. I was surprised because we had not even argued the case in court. What we saw outside was all the bigwigs of the NDC jubilating before the judgment came out."
Currently, the Ninth Parliament has 185 NDC legislators, 87 NPP legislators, and four independent MPs.
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So far in the course of the Ninth Parliament, Ablekuma North and Akwatia have been two seats that dealt with eligibility issues and subsequently had to deal with a rerun and by-election, respectively.
The Akwatia by-election was, however, held because of the death of the sitting MP. In both cases, the ruling party candidate came up victorious.
KT Hammond's election petition falls
YEN.com.gh also previously reported that the election petition filed by Kobina Tahiru Hammond, popularly known as K.T. Hammond, had been dismissed by the Obuasi High Court on August 20.
Justice Kwabena Twumasi, the presiding judge, struck out the case, describing the petition, which challenged the victory of Godwin Animli Dorgbadzi Dorani in 2024, as a 'waste of the court's time'.
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