The 2024 general elections in the Upper West Region has recorded
a voter turnout of 66.31% with 2.71% of the votes cast turning out to be rejected ballots.

Out of a total of 518,746 registered voters in the region, only 344, 015 electorates turned up to vote, while a whopping 9,467 votes were registered as rejected ballots, raising concerns about the increasing rate of rejected votes in our body politics during elections.

After the collation of the regional results from all the eleven constituencies, the Regional Director of EC and Presiding Member, Mr. Ali Adamu Osman, declared John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the candidate leading in the region against his closest contender and Presidential Candidate of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, by securing 69.6% (242,852) of the total votes cast.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on the other hand, obtained 25.8% (89,906) of the total votes cast across the region.

All the other candidates also had a total accumulated percentage of 1.9 of the votes cast.

Out of the regional collation results, this is how the other Presidential Candidates also fared across the region:

Daniel Augustus Laryea - 1,251 votes (0.35%); Christian Kwabena Andrews - 556 votes (0.15%); Kofi Akpaloo - 293 votes (0.08%);
Mohammed Frimpong - 239 votes (0.06%) and Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Kumankuma - 1,605 votes (0.45%).

The rests are: Hassan Abdulai Ayariga - 801 votes (0.22%); Kofi Koranteng - 294 votes (0.08%);

George Twum-Barima-Adu - 219 votes (0.06%); Nana Kwame Bediako - 613 votes (0.17%) and

Alan John Kwadjo Kyerematen - 919 votes (0.26%).

In every election year since 1992, the NDC has always won in the Upper West Region even though the fortunes of the NPP also keep appreciating almost every election year as the party continues to see growth in the region.

Despite the heightened fear and tension going into the 2024 general elections, the region has yet again managed to hold another peaceful election across all the constituencies, as the region is mostly noted for, aside the usual isolated cases that often characterise our elections.

There were no major reported incidents of chaos to warrant serious security interventions as was recorded in other parts of the country that led to the loss of lives, torching of an EC office, as well as the reported looting of a warehouse in Tamale.

The main glitch that affected the polls in the region was the wide prevalence of the difficulty the EC officials faced in the verification of some voters.

All polling stations GhanaWeb visited had adequate protection from the security agencies who performed their duties with higher standards of professionalism for a smooth exercise.

The Electoral Commission has also received rave reviews from People Living With Disabilities (PWDs), voters, and political observers for the critical care and attention the EC accorded PWDs who turned up at polling stations to cast their ballot with the needed support.