Early voters in Lower Manya Krobo share expectations ahead of polls

Some early voters at various polling centers in the Lower Manya Krobo Constituency of the Eastern Region have shared their expectations with GhanaWeb ahead of the commencement of the exercise.

There were no signs of voting activities at polling stations in some polling centers in the area visited between 5am and 5:30am.

Voters, EC officials, party agents were all yet to arrive at the centers visited.

However, a few voters and party agents started trickling in at around 5.45am.

Speaking in an interview, Emmanuel Lano, NDC Branch Chairman, Accra Station, Lower Manya Krobo, encouraged voters to come out in their numbers to exercise their franchise.

Another, Sackitey Victoria, a resident of Hwekper explained that she arrived early to enable her vote on time to return home to take care of a sick relative.

She similarly anticipates a smooth voting process on the day.

Mr. David Kwao, another voter told GhanaWeb's Eastern Regional Correspondent, Michael Oberteye at the Accra Station polling center that he wanted to vote early and return home.

Sharing his expectations, he said he anticipates a smooth exercise throughout the process.

Officials are setting up canopies as they await the arrival of voting materials.

The 2024 general elections are ongoing across 276 constituencies in the country, with 18.8 million people expected to vote.

The 2024 election has thirteen presidential candidates, with nine of them representing political parties and four being independent candidates.

Of the 18.8 million voters, 459,291 represent 4% of the voter population. 48% of the voters are male, while the female population makes up 52%.

The role of the youth in the elections will be significant as they make up 55% of the voter population.

A total of 40,976 polling centres will be used for the 2024 elections, with 328 already used for the Special Voting exercises that took place on Monday, December 2, and Thursday, December 5, 2024.

According to data published by CODEO, the largest CSO in elections, the 2024 elections will feature 801 parliamentary candidates vying for the 276 seats.

Of the 13 presidential candidates, four are independent, while nine represent political parties. This means that the elections will have nine political parties contesting.

In the parliamentary elections, there are 111 candidates contesting as independents.

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