The Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed that results from the December 2024 presidential election will be announced first at the 16 regional collation centres before a final declaration is made at the EC’s national headquarters.
This information was provided 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 emphasized that all political parties have accepted this new procedure, with their agents stationed at polling stations and collation centres.
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 highlighted that the purpose of this change is to boost transparency, enabling voters to follow the results on a region-by-region basis throughout the process.
Dr. Asare also pointed out that a similar method was effectively used during the 2020 elections.
He went on to express confidence in the 2024 election process, stating that the collation centres will be spacious and will strictly admit accredited observers and media personnel.