The Electoral Commission (EC) has declared the New Patriotic Party’s Charles Forson as winner of the Tema Central election after completing the collation for the constituency.
This comes after the Commission completed the collation of outstanding polling stations on Sunday, January 5, 2025, following a court order.
The NPP’s Charles Forson polled 18,870 votes, as against Ebi Bright of the NDC’s 18,815 after the two remaining polling stations were added, as directed by the court.
An Independent candidate polled 209 with a rejected vote of 114, out of a total votes cast of 38,038.
The New Patriotic Party went to court after the EC had declared the NDC’s Ebi Bright as winner of the Tema Central constituency arguing that the results was incomplete, and demanded the addition of the two remaining polling stations.
An Accra High Court’s ruling on Saturday, January 4, 2025, upheld the NPP,s case and ordered the Electoral Commission to complete the collation of the remaining polling stations.
Tema Central is among the four constituencies still in contention between the two major parties with barely 2 days more for parliament to swear in newly-elected MPs.
Already, the NPP had secured the seats in the three other constituencies comprising the Ablekuma North, Techhiman South and Okaikwei Central.
Meanwhile, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has served notice of appeal against the High Court’s ruling on all the four constituencies.
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