Election 2024: Ajumako Eshiem polling stations gear up for the election

Electoral officers at the Ajumako Eshiem Methodist Church polling stations A and B are making frantic arrangements for the start of polls at 7:00 hours.

The electoral materials arrived at the station at 4:30 hours under security protection.

The ballot boxes have been mounted and the officers are now counting the ballot papers.

Meanwhile, queues started forming at the polling stations as early as 3:30 hours with the early birds being mostly voters in the 60s and 70s.

Eric Koduah, the Presiding Officer for polling station A, who arrived at the centre at 4:49 hours, was hopeful of a high turnout and a peaceful exercise.

Maame Ama Owusua, a 65-year-old woman who was the first to arrive at the station, explained that she wanted to cast her ballot early enough to go to the hospital because she was not well.

She advised the youth to go through the exercise peacefully and stay out of trouble.

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.