The Parliamentary Service, through Article 112(5) of the 1992 Constitution, formally notified the Electoral Commission (EC) of a vacancy in the seat of the Kpandai constituency.
This follows a court order mandating a rerun of the 2024 parliamentary election in the polity.
The Thursday, December 4, 2025 notification officially commences the administrative process needed to conduct a re-run to fill the vacant seat.
Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the Clerk to Parliament, signed and issued the letter addressed to the Chairperson of the Commission, Jean Adukwei Mensa.
According to Mr. Djietror, the notification was “in exercise of the power conferred and the duty imposed on the Clerk to Parliament by Article 112(5), as amended, of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana”.
The document formally notifies the EC of the vacancy “occasioned by the Order of the High Court, Tamale, for a re-run of the Kpandai parliamentary elections, given on the November 24, 2025.”
“This notification is a direct consequence of a court order delivered to the Clerk to Parliament as the 4th Respondent in the Suit Number: NR/TL/HC/E13/22/25,” it said.
The Clerk’s notification under Article 112(5) of the 1992 Constitution is a mandatory step that legally empowers the EC to begin preparations for the re-run.
Article 112(5) stipulates that when a vacancy occurs in Parliament, the Clerk must notify the EC, and an election must be held within 90 days after the vacancy occurs, unless the vacancy occurs within three months before the dissolution of Parliament.
Given the current date of the notification (December 4, 2025), the EC is now obligated to organise the rerun.
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