Western Region Records 27,515 Rejected Ballots

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Western Region Records 27,515 Rejected Ballots

18 December 2012

The just-ended presidential and parliamentary elections recorded 27,515 rejected ballots in the Western Region.

The figure had raised concerns by a section of the public about inadequate education by the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on the proper way of voting, especially the first-time voters.

Besides, some EC officials unconsciously failed to place the EC’s validation stamps at the back of the ballot papers in some constituencies, thus, contributing to the high rate of rejected ballots.

The Region registered 1,435,112 voters out of which 1,097,274 exercised their franchise in the December 7 general elections with 76.46 percent voter turn-out.

Out of 12 female parliamentary aspirants who contested in this year’s parliamentary elections in the region only one was elected.

The sole female Member of Parliament (MP) elected was Madam Gifty Eugenia Kusi, who retained the Tarkwa-Nsuaem seat for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Unfortunately, the two parliamentary seats hitherto held by Madam Catherine Afeku of the NPP and Madam Samia Yaba Nkrumah of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) for Evalue-Gwira and Jomoro respectively were lost to their male candidates from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Ghana has 51percent female population as against 49 percent males.

Source: GNA