Many Ghanaians had to cut short their sleeping hours to queue ahead to exercise their franchise in the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections slated for today, December 7, 2024.

GhanaWeb lenses have captured many people sitting at various polling stations, awaiting 7:00 am, the official time for the elections to begin.

In Ablekuma Central, a lot of people could be seen in a queue, patiently sitting in line, waiting for the big day.

The lenses also captured Ayawaso West Wuogon, where voting materials have already arrived, as many are also seen waiting to cast their vote.

In a report by JoyNews, many started queuing as early as 1:00 am at Ashaiman to vote.

Additionally, GhanaWeb’s reporter Mandy has reported a long queue at Kasoa.

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.







AM/KA

You can watch today’s compilation of the Twi news below:

Watch the latest video on TrendingGH below: