The Parliamentary Service has formally notified the Electoral Commission (EC) of a vacancy in the membership of Parliament for the Kpandai Constituency, following a court order mandating a re-run of the 2024 parliamentary election in that area.
The notification, dated December 4, 2025, marks the official commencement of the administrative process required to organise a re-run to fill the vacant seat.
The outcome of the re-run is crucial for the representation for the people of Kpandai.
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The letter, addressed to the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, was signed and issued by the Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror.
The action was taken "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".
The document formally notifies 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 November 24, 2025".
“This notification is a direct consequence of a court order delivered to the Clerk to Parliament as the 4th Respondent in the Suit Number: NR/TL/HC/E13/22/25,” it said.
The Clerk's notification under Article 112(5) of the 1992 Constitution is a mandatory step that legally empowers the EC to begin preparations for the re-run.
Article 112(5) stipulates that when a vacancy occurs in Parliament, the Clerk must notify the EC, and an election must be held within 90 days after the vacancy occurs, unless the vacancy occurs within three months before the dissolution of Parliament.
Given the current date of the notification (December 4, 2025), the EC is now obligated to organise the rerun.
