The Electoral Commission (EC) says only the candidates who contested the 2024 Parliamentary Election in the Kpandai Constituency will be eligible to take part in the upcoming rerun ordered by the High Court.

Mr Fred Tetteh, the Deputy Director of Research at the EC, said the Commission would not issue a new notice of poll and that “no fresh candidates will be added aside the NPP, NDC and APC candidates who contested in 2024.”

He noted that although Parliament had formally notified the Commission of a vacancy, a date for the rerun was yet to be fixed.

“We have received the notification from Parliament, but the Commission has not settled on a date for the rerun,” Mr Tetteh told the Ghana News Agency in an interview on Tuesday.

The Tamale High Court, in November 2025, annulled the election of Mr Matthew Nyindam as Member of Parliament for Kpandai following a petition alleging irregularities.

The court directed that a fresh parliamentary election be conducted within 30 days.

In a letter dated December 4, 2025, the Clerk to Parliament, Mr Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, informed the EC Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa, of the vacancy created after the court’s decision.

Mr Tetteh said the EC was reviewing the Court’s directives and Parliament’s notice to determine the next procedural steps.

“Preparations are ongoing, and once the Commission meets, an official date will be communicated,” he added.

The EC is expected to announce a timetable for the rerun in the coming days as political developments in the constituency continue to unfold.

While the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has welcomed the Court’s ruling, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected the decision.

It questioned why the entire election is to be rerun instead of only the affected polling stations.

Mr Nyindam, the incumbent MP, has filed notices of appeal and a stay of execution against the ruling of the Tamale High Court.

The NPP, at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, also took issue with the Clerk of Parliament’s decision to notify the EC of the vacancy before the determination of the appeal.

The Kpandai Constituency, located in the Kpandai District of the Northern Region, recorded 27,947 votes (53.47 per cent) for Mr Nyindam in the annulled 2024 polls.

His closest contender, Mr Daniel Nsala Wakpal of the NDC, polled 24,213 votes (46.33 per cent), while the APC candidate, Mr Donkor Eric Nipani, obtained 104 votes.

According to the 2024 electoral data, the constituency has 152 polling stations and a voter population of 66,850.