The Electoral Commission (EC) is set to conduct district-level elections in some electoral areas in the Ashanti and Eastern Regions today, Thursday, December 21, 2023.
The EC rescheduled the election which should have been held on Tuesday due to technical challenges involving the printing of ballots by the EC’s contractors which marred the exercise.
Some districts including Atwima Nwabiagya, Atwima Mponua, Dadeso, Santasi, Bantama, and South Sontreso in the Ashanti Region could not participate in Tuesday’s voting because the EC delayed in delivering their voting materials.
Meanwhile, the exercise was expected to cover 6,215 electoral areas across 216 metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies except the Nkoranza North and South in the Bono East Region.
Over 66,000 people are competing for the District Assembly and Unit Committee positions in the District Level Elections.
The EC’s data indicates that there are 18,755 assembly member candidates and 47,502-unit committee member candidates, totaling 66,257 candidates.
Out of the 18,755 assembly candidates, 17, 474 are males representing 94 percent, whilst the females are 1,106 representing six per cent.
Also, out of the 47,502-unit committee candidates, 40,923 are males representing 88 per cent and the females are 5,413 representing 11.6 percent.
Source: Kasapafmonline.com
