After collating outstanding polling station results following a High Court order on Saturday, January 4, 2025, two of NDC's parliamentary candidates for the 2024 election, Ebi Bright and Baba Sadiq, who are from the creative sector, have lost their bids.

In the announcement made by the Electoral Commission on Sunday, January 5, 2025, New Patriotic Party’s Charles Forson is the winner of the Tema Central election as Patrick Yaw Boamah, also of the New Patriotic Party becomes the Member of Parliament-elect for the Okaikwei Central constituency.

At the end of the collation of the two outstanding polling stations, as directed by the court, NPP’s Charles Forson polled 18,870 votes, as against Ebi Bright of the NDC’s 18,815.
An Independent candidate polled 209 with a rejected vote of 114, out of a total votes cast of 38,038.

Patrick Yaw Boamah also secured 21,099 votes to win the seat, while his opponent, Abdulai Abu Baba Saddiq, popularly known as Baba Sadiq in showbiz circles, garnered 19,368 votes.

This means the two creatives are currently not Members of Parliament-Elect for their various constituencies contrary to the earlier declaration made after the December 7, 2024 election.

This also brings to four, the number of creatives/creative entrepreneurs going to parliament after the election: Kwame Obeng Asare (A Plus) - Gomoa Central Constituency, Ohene Kwame Frimpong - Asante Akyem North Constituency, John Dumelo - Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency and Dzifa Abla Gomashie - Ketu South Constituency.

Background to the court-ordered collation

The New Patriotic Party had gone to court over the declaration of the NDC's Tema Central Candidate as the winner of the polls on the basis that collation was inconclusive and that the wrong individual declared the winner of the polls.

The High Court in Accra upheld the NPP's argument in a ruling on Saturday, January 4, and ordered the Electoral Commission to complete the collation with adequate security from the Ghana Police Service.

The NPP had rulings going in their favour regarding the other three constituencies namely Ablekuma North, Techhiman South and Okaikwei Central.

Following the ruling, the EC immediately commenced the collation today ostensibly to conclude and gazette the results before the swearing-in of new MPs.

Justice Forson Agyapong, who presided over the case, ruled in favour of the NPP, issuing an order of mandamus that compelled the EC to complete the collation process.
In his judgment, Justice Agyapong stated that the EC had failed to collate results from 31 outstanding polling stations in the Okaikoi Central constituency, which was a breach of its obligations.

The court subsequently ordered the EC to collate the results from the remaining polling stations and incorporate them into the already collated figures.

This decision paved the way for the final declaration of Patrick Yaw Boamah as the winner.

Okaikwei Central and Tema Central were 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.
Meanwhile, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has served notice of appeal against the High Court's ruling on all four constituencies.