Parliamentary Candidate for Awutu Senya East Constituency, Phillis Naa Koryor, is optimistic about winning with approximately 67.9% in the elections.

Speaking to journalists after she cast her vote, she said, “I am looking at 67.9% for both parliamentary and presidential.”

According to her, she has garnered enough experience and will ensure previous mistakes are corrected.

She, however, expressed satisfaction with the process and hoped it continued.

“So far, I think the process has been smooth and peaceful. And the number of security personnel deployed is not bad, and we hope things move on as we are experiencing because we are all for peace.”

In all, voting is happening in 314 polling centres in the Awutu Senya East Constituency, and about 173,989 are expected to vote.

Background

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.

You can watch some videos from the various polling stations below: