The Supreme Court of Ghana has, by a 4–1 majority decision, quashed the judgment of the High Court in Tamale which nullified the 2024 parliamentary election results in the Kpandai Constituency.
The apex court’s decision effectively sets aside all consequential orders arising from the High Court ruling, including the directive to the Electoral Commission to conduct a rerun of the parliamentary election in the constituency.
The five-member panel that heard the matter was presided over by Justice Gabriel Pwamang. The majority decision was delivered by Justices Amadu Tanko, Emmanuel Yonni Kulendi, Samuel Asiedu, and Henry Anthony Kwofie, who held that the High Court erred in annulling the election results and ordering a fresh poll.
In addition to overturning the nullification of the election, the Supreme Court ruled that the orders made against the Electoral Commission lacked legal basis and could not be sustained. As a result, the decision of the Tamale High Court and all actions flowing from it were declared null and void.
Justice Gabriel Pwamang dissented from the majority decision. He indicated that the full reasons supporting both the majority and minority positions would be filed and made available to the public by February 6, 2026.
The case arose from a legal challenge to the outcome of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Kpandai Constituency, which had earlier led the Tamale High Court to annul the results and order a rerun.
The Supreme Court’s ruling reverses that position and restores the status of the election as conducted by the Electoral Commission.
