The Tamale High Court has mandated a rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election, instructing that a new poll be conducted within 30 days from today.
This ruling, issued by His Lordship Emmanuel Brew Plange, comes in response to a legal challenge regarding the results of the 2024 parliamentary election in the constituency. The petition claimed that there were irregularities in both the voting and collation processes, which compromised the integrity of the results.
Daniel Nsala Wakpal, the former Member of Parliament (MP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Kpandai, initiated the lawsuit contesting the election of Matthew Nyindam as MP.
Wakpal contended that the parliamentary election conducted in the Kpandai constituency on December 7 was invalid. He asserted that there were discrepancies and inconsistencies in FORM 8A (Regulation 32(7) and 39(2) Statement of Polls for the Office of Member of Parliament — Pink Sheet) for 41 out of the 152 polling stations in the constituency.
He remarked: “The parliamentary election held in the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 was not executed in accordance with Regulations 39 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (CI 127) and the principles established by Regulations 39, and that this non-compliance influenced the election results.
“The announcement and publication of the parliamentary election results from the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 were not carried out in accordance with Regulations 43 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (C.I 127), and the principles established by Regulations 43, and that this non-compliance impacted the overall results of the parliamentary elections in the Kpandai constituency.
Wakpal consequently requested a ruling to annul the announced results concerning the 41 polling stations. Additionally, he sought: “An order instructing the 2nd and 3rd respondents to carry out a re-election for the parliamentary seats in the 41 affected polling stations out of the total 152 polling stations in the Kpandai constituency on a date set by the court.”
In his ruling, Justice Plange supported the petition and mandated the Electoral Commission to arrange a new election to establish the legitimate winner.
