The Electoral Commission has made available the voter statistics for the 2024 general elections, which will be held on December 7, 2024.

Here is a breakdown of these statistics and how they compare to the 2016 election.

Total Registered Valid Voters

According to the Electoral Commission, the total number of valid voters for the 2024 general election is 18,774,159. This is a 10.25% increment compared to the 17,027,641 registered voters in the 2020 election.

BREAKDOWN OF REGISTERED VOTERS

The total registered voters are made up of voters on the biometric registers, special voters, and voters without biometric data.

Voters with Biometric Data:

These are voters who will be biometrically verified on Election Day. The number stands at 18,640,811. This is 99.29% of the total valid voters.

Special Voters

The special voters are voters who have special duties on election day and, with that, are allowed by law to vote earlier than the election day.

They include security agencies, media personnel, and EC officials. The total number of special voters, according to the commission, is 131,478. This is a 19.9% increment compared to the 109,577 special voters in 2020.

Voters without Biometric Data

These are voters who registered but have their biometric data corrupted for some reason according to the EC. They will be manually verified on election day. The number stands at 1,870.

Absent voters

Absent voters are individuals who are eligible to vote but are unable to be physically present at their designated polling place on election day. These voters typically utilize alternative voting methods to ensure their participation in the electoral process.

According to the Electoral Commission of Ghana, the absent voters are made up of special voters and transferred voters. However, according to the EC, some 884 voters are excluded from the Absent Voters list.

This is because no register was generated for their polling stations.  These polling stations were administratively closed because they did not either meet the minimum voter threshold required for operation or because local communities requested the Commission to close them for legitimate reasons.

Voters from these closed stations were transferred to other polling stations. With this, the total absent voters are special and transfer voters, excluding the 884 voters from the closed polling stations.

Exceptions List

This includes individuals who have been flagged for some irregularity or issue concerning their eligibility to vote. This list is often used to identify and resolve potential problems before, during, or after the voting process.

Being on an exceptions list does not necessarily mean a person is ineligible to vote; it simply indicates that there is an issue that needs to be addressed. Election officials typically review and resolve these issues to ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots without problems.

The EC indicated that such voters were 33,352 in number.