The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that presidential results for the December 2024 election will be declared at each of the 16 regional collation centres before a final declaration at its national headquarters.

This update was shared by the Commission’s Deputy Chairman for Corporate Services, Dr Bossman Asare, during the launch of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) 2024 Election Day observation and post-election activities.

Dr Asare noted that all political parties have agreed to this new format, with their agents present at polling stations and collation centres.

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He explained, “For every constituency, there will be someone assisting with the collation process, and the same applies at the regional level. Under CI 127, regional collation is part of the structure for presidential elections. After results are compiled at polling stations, they will be sent to constituency collation centres, and from there, forwarded to the regional collation centres. At each regional centre, we will announce the presidential results.”

He emphasized that the change aims to enhance transparency by allowing voters to track results region by region throughout the process.

Dr Asare also mentioned that a similar approach was successfully implemented during the 2020 elections.

He further expressed confidence in the 2024 election process, noting that the collation centres will be spacious and will only admit accredited observers and media personnel.