Kpandai Re-run: Parliament notifies EC of vacancy after court order

The Parliamentary Service has notified the Electoral Commission (EC) of a vacancy in the Kpandai Constituency, following a court-mandated re-run of the 2024 Parliamentary Elections in the area.

The notification, dated December 4, 2025, marks the formal start of administrative processes to organize the rerun and fill the vacant parliamentary seat, which is crucial for the representation of the people of Kpandai.

The letter, addressed to EC Chairperson Mrs. Jean Mensa, was signed by Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Clerk to Parliament. The notice stated that it was issued “in exercise of the power conferred and the duty imposed on the Clerk to Parliament by Article 112(5), as amended, of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana.” It formally informed the EC of the vacancy, “occasioned by the Order of the High Court, Tamale, for a re-run of the Kpandai Parliamentary Elections, given on the 24th day of November, 2025.”

Following the notification, the EC is now required to organize the rerun by early March 2026, in line with Article 112(5) of the 1992 Constitution, which mandates that when a parliamentary seat becomes vacant, a by-election must be held within 90 days unless the vacancy occurs within three months before the dissolution of Parliament.

The notification follows a ruling by the Tamale High Court on November 24, 2025, which ordered a rerun of the parliamentary election in Kpandai within 30 days. The court decision, delivered by His Lordship Emmanuel Brew Plange, cited irregularities in the voting and collation processes that undermined the credibility of the election results.

The suit, filed by former NDC parliamentary candidate Daniel Nsala Wakpal, challenged the election of Matthew Nyindam as MP. Wakpal argued that the parliamentary election held on December 7, 2024, was invalid due to inconsistencies in FORM 8A (Regulation 32(7) and 39(2) Statement of Polls for the Office of Member of Parliament — Pink Sheet) for 41 out of 152 polling stations.

“The parliamentary election held in the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 was not conducted in compliance with Regulations 39 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (CI 127) and the principles laid down by Regulations 39, and that the said non-compliance affected the results of the elections. The declaration and publication of the parliamentary election results held in the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 were not made in compliance with Regulations 43 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (C.I 127) and the principles laid down by Regulations 43, and that the said non-compliance affected the entire results of the parliamentary elections in the Kpandai constituency.”