The Electoral Commission (EC) led by Madam Jean Mensa has admitted that the there were some mistakes in the figures which were giving out to the general public as the commissions’ final verdict yesterday.
EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa declared the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo as the President-elect based on a total of 13,433,573 valid votes instead of 13,119,460.
According to an emergency press release statement which has just been dropped by the electoral body, the initial figure (13,433,573) used led to her declaration of 6,730, 587 for the NPP which is 51.302%.
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission inadvertently used 13,433,573 as the total valid votes cast. The total valid votes cast is 13,119,460,” the EC stated.
However, the EC Chairperson also noted that the change of the total valid votes cast would not affect the percentage stated for each candidate.
Source: Gossips24.com
