Dr. Bawumia and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have secured a favourable position in the Electoral Commission’s (EC) balloting for the upcoming December 7, presidential elections.
Evans Nimako, the NPP’s Director of Elections, picked the party’s number during the EC’s balloting event held in Accra on Friday. The NPP will be featured in a prominent position on the ballot paper.
The main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), drew the 8th position, while the All People’s Congress (APC) candidate, Hassan Abdulai Ayariga, secured the 9th spot.
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Kofi Akpaloo of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) picked number 5, and Nana Akosua Frimpomaa of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) drew the 7th position.
Following the Electoral Commission’s (EC) balloting process on September 20, 2024, independent candidates were also assigned their positions on the ballot paper for the upcoming December 7, 2024, presidential election.
Kofi Koranteng, an independent candidate, secured the 10th position, while George Twum Barima will appear in the 11th spot. The New Force Movement, led by Nana Kwame Bediako (Cheddar), has been placed in the 12th position, and the Movement for Change will be listed last at number 13.
These independent candidates will face off against the nine qualified political parties, making the upcoming election a dynamic race as both political parties and independent candidates vie for the presidency.
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Earlier, Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC, announced that several presidential aspirants had been disqualified from participating in the December 7, 2024, elections due to their failure to correct errors on their nomination forms.
Despite being given ample time to address the issues, the disqualified candidates were unable to meet the necessary requirements.
Among those disqualified are Bernard Mornah of the People’s National Convention (PNC) and Janet Nabla of the People’s National Party (PNP).
Order on the ballot paper:
- Mahamudu Bawumia (NPP)
- Daniel Augustus Lartey (GCPP)
- Akua Donkor (GFP)
- Christian Kwabena Andrews (GUM)
- Kofi Akpaloo (LPG)
- Mohammed Frimpong (NDP)
- Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Kumankuma (CPP)
- John Dramani Mahama (NDC)
- Hassan Ayariga (APC)
- Kofi Koranteng (Independent)
- George Twum-Barima-Adu (independent)
- Nana Kwame Bediako (Independent)
- Alan John Kwadwo Kyeremateng (Independent)
How the balloting was done
The balloting by convention is always done in two folds, round one and round two, for only political parties with candidates before independent candidates, if there are any.
That helps to determine who should pick first in the second round and the order of picking for the actual positions on the ballot paper.
For this year – 2024, since there were nine political parties with candidates, the first round started with Mahamudu Bawumia of NPP who was the first to file his nomination. His representative, Evans Nimako, Director of Elections at NPP picked number 1 in the first one and therefore gave him an advantage to be the first to pick in the second round.
John Dramani Mahama of NDC in the first round picked number 7, which meant he was to be the 7th person to pick in the second round.