The Electoral Commission has announced Tuesday, May 23, 2023, to hold the by-election for the vacant Kumawu parliamentary seat in the Ashanti Region.
The EC in a press statement said the by-election will take place after nominations are filed at the Setwere Kumawu District Office of the Commission from 2nd May 2023 to 5th May 2023 between the hours of 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm on each day.
The Kumawu seat became vacant following the death of the Member of Parliament for the constituency, Philip Basoah, who passed on in March 2023.
“In accordance with Article 112 (5) of the Constitution, as amended, the Electoral Commission will hold a By-Election in the Constituency on Tuesday, the 23rd of May, 2023,” the EC said in its release.
Meanwhile, interested candidates are required to download the Nomination Forms from the Commission’s website (www.ec.gov.gh) from April, 14, to May 5, 2023.
The EC indicated also that nomination forms for each candidate shall be “witnessed by the signature or mark of two registered voters, as Proposer and Seconder, and supported by eighteen other registered voters in the constituency as assenting to the Nominations.”
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