Supreme Court suspends Kpandai constituency election re-run

The Supreme Court of Ghana has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to suspend all proceedings and activities related to the Kpandai parliamentary rerun, pending the final determination of a case before the court.

In effect, the apex court’s ruling has put on hold all preparations by the EC to conduct the election, which was slated for December 30, 2025.

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This, per the court’s ruling, will remain in effect until all pending legal issues are fully resolved.

The case has been adjourned to January 13, 2026, to allow for further consideration of the matters raised by the parties.

The Supreme Court's ruling follows an application filed by the embattled Member of Parliament for Kpandai, Matthew Nyindam.

The application sought to overturn a High Court ruling in Tamale that annulled the 2024 parliamentary election results and ordered a rerun of the election results.

Lawyer for the embattled lawmaker, Gary Nimako Marfo, argued that the High Court, Commercial Division in Tamale, wrongfully assumed jurisdiction over the petition filed by NDC candidate Daniel Nsala Wakpal.

“The Parliamentary Election Petition filed by the first interested party on 25th January 2025… was invalid and could not have properly invoked the jurisdiction of the High Court, Commercial Division, Tamale,” the report noted.

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The High Court ruling, delivered on November 24, 2025, nullified the entire Kpandai parliamentary election and directed that a rerun be conducted within 30 days.

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