General News of Saturday, 7 December 2024

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

We have our results; we know all the seats we've won - NPP

Director of Communications for the Bawumia’s campaign team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye Director of Communications for the Bawumia’s campaign team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has disclosed that they know all the parliamentary seats they have won in the ongoing 2024 general elections.

Countering the initial rigging claims made by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Director of Communications for the Bawumia's campaign team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, revealed in a press conference that the NPP knows all the seats they've won but, as a responsible party, they are keeping their numbers close to their chest until the Electoral Commission officially declares the winner.

"As it stands now, our call on you is to collaborate and cooperate with these officers, electoral officers and security officers and ensure that we protect the ballot that the Ghanaian citizens have cast. Some stood in the sun, and some were beaten by the rain to cast their ballots.

"We are clearly wondering what it is that the NDC and their leader are seeking to achieve by these unnecessary and reckless comments they are making. Not a single constituency has lifted the hand of any parliamentary candidate. As we speak now, at 9:34 pm, they are collating the pink sheets from the polling stations. When they are done, that is when they will lift the hands of a parliamentary candidate who has won.

"We have our results; we know all the seats we've won already, but we are responsible and believe that to protect the sanctity of our electoral processes and democracy, we should hold on to our numbers and our results until the Electoral Commission declares at the constituency level."

Counting and results declaration are underway following the closure of polls at 5 pm across most of the polling centres in the country.

The 2024 elections took place across 276 constituencies in the country, with the process being largely peaceful. Pockets of violence have, however, been recorded, with one person confirmed dead in the Tolon Constituency in the Northern Region.

Meanwhile, the EC has urged Ghanaians and political parties to exercise patience as they execute their mandate to deliver a successful election.