A first-time voter, Esther Moaweni, has shared her experience after casting her ballot at Tuse K/G B Polling Station in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality.

Esther, a Bachelor of Information Technology student at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), disclosed she was at the Polling Station around 3:00am with her mother.

She told GhanaWeb that the experience was revealing, considering the fact that it is her first time voting to elect a president and a member of Parliament.

On her expectations, she indicated that she expects the process to be peaceful as the process is just an expression of opinion in terms of choice.

Meanwhile, voting is progressing peacefully at the Tuse K/G B Polling Station, where 31 voters out of 485 voters had voted as at 7:46am.

The 2024 general elections are ongoing across 276 constituencies in the country, with 18.8 million people expected to vote.

The 2024 election has thirteen presidential candidates, with nine of them representing political parties and four being independent candidates.

Of the 18.8 million voters, 459,291 represent 4% of the voter population. 48% of the voters are male, while the female population makes up 52%.

The role of the youth in the elections will be significant as they make up 55% of the voter population.

A total of 40,976 polling centres will be used for the 2024 elections, with 328 already used for the Special Voting exercises that took place on Monday, December 2, and Thursday, December 5, 2024.

According to data published by CODEO, the largest CSO in elections, the 2024 elections will feature 801 parliamentary candidates vying for the 276 seats.

Of the 13 presidential candidates, four are independent, while nine represent political parties. This means that the elections will have nine political parties contesting.

In the parliamentary elections, there are 111 candidates contesting as independents.