Since the results of the parliamentary election were delayed, six NPP candidates sued the EC.

The six MPs from the NPP have sued the EC for failing to compile and announce the findings on time.

Six members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who ran for parliament in the recently concluded general elections of 2024 have filed a mandamus application for judicial review, requesting that the High Court direct the Electoral Commission (EC) to promptly compile and announce the results of the parliamentary elections in the constituencies they ran in.

The application was filed twice by the NPP parliamentary candidate through their attorney, Gary Nimako Marfo. These are Patrick Yaw Boamah from Okaikwei Central; Charles Forson, parliamentary candidate for Tema Central; Nana Akua Owusu Afriye from Ablekuma North; Martin Kweku Adjei-Mensah Korsah from Techiman South; and Eric Nana Agyemang Prempeh from Ahafo Ano North.

Essentially, the six parliamentary candidates are asking the High Court of general jurisdiction for two instructions, according to a report by asaaseradio.com.

The first is "an order of mandamus directed at the Electoral Commission (EC) (Respondent) compelling it to collate and declare the results and winner of the Tema Central constituency Parliamentary election held on 7 December 2024 through the Returning Officer as required by law."

Second, they are pleading with the court to grant them "an order directed at the Inspector General of Police to provide adequate and armed security presence to the Electoral Commission (Respondent) at the designated collation center to enable it to perform its constitutional and statutory duty of conducting and supervising public elections."

The six parliamentary candidates essentially contend that: "Participatory elections were held on December 7, 2024, in the 276 constituencies across the country, including their constituencies, in accordance with the EC's constitutional mandate."

"The polls were successfully held in every polling place within their constituencies, and the results were sent to the returning officer after being announced and declared in every polling place. The evening of December 7, 2024, saw the start of the election results collation at the constituency collation center in compliance with the law.

The collation process was interrupted when a few thugs and young guys invaded the collation area and made threats and committed other violent behaviors. Those young men and thugs in their constituencies' violent post-election actions, which disrupted the collation processes, became a national public concern.

Because the collation centers were in a chaotic state, the event was canceled and rescheduled. To allow the collation process to proceed, the candidates were invited to the Respondent's Regional Collation Center on Monday, December 9, 2024, but this was not possible.

The Respondent thereafter told me that the collation could no longer proceed because the EC had instructed the candidates to report to the Police Training School, Tesano, in Accra, to finish compiling the results.

On December 16, 2024, the candidates stated that they were forced by the situation to write to the European Commission (EC) requesting that the results and winner of their individual parliamentary elections be compiled and announced within the next 24 hours.

“The EC has failed or refused to compile and announce the results and winner of the parliamentary elections in their constituencies, despite the fact that the demand letter was served to them on the same day, December 16, 2024, at around 10:00 am, and they acknowledged receipt of it.

"The applicants argue that the EC has not yet, as required and prescribed by law, continued to compile the results and announce the winner of the parliamentary elections."