At Takoradi, voting began at 0700 hours in most polling stations in the four electoral areas in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis visited by the GNA.

Hundreds of anxious voters were seen waiting patiently in long winding queues, a couple of hours before actual voting began. At the polling stations visited, voting was orderly and all the political party representatives were present.

At the Nana Nketia Primary School Polling station at Esikado, Mr. Adu Ansere Anthony, the Presiding officer, said 30 voters of the 713 eligible voters have cast their votes as at about 0730 hours. At Esikado Anglican Primary school polling station the Presiding Officer, Madam Jennifer Korang-Danso, said out of the 821 eligible voters at the station, 45 had voted as at 0740 hours. Mr. Osei Sylvester, Presiding officer at the Sekondi Well-road primary school polling station, told the GNA that 48 people had voted as at 0800 hours out of 472 registered voters.

At the Kokoadu-Esaman polling station Mr. Francis Effah, the Presiding Officer, said out of the 850 eligible voters at the station, 42 had cast their votes as at 0805 hours.

Mr. Prosper Ammissah, presiding officer of Cocoa Products gate temporary structure polling station at Takoradi said as at 0830 hours, 48 out of 771 had voted.