The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced that a Parliamentary by-election for the Tamale Central Constituency will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
Following the tragic death of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Murtala Muhammed Ibrahim, has led to the scheduling of a by-election.
The EC, in a press release signed by Chairperson Mrs. Jean Mensah, stated that the constitutional provision under Article 112 (5) requires the election of a new representative due to the vacancy.
According to the EC, nominations from prospective candidates for the election of an MP for the said constituency will be received.
The nominations will be accepted at the Tamale Metropolitan Office of the commission from Monday, September 8, 2025 to Wednesday, September 10, 2025 between 9am and 12pm daily.
The Commission has urged interested candidates to download the nomination forms from the commission’s website www.ec.gov.gh from Tuesday, August 19, 2025 to Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
Detailed and stringent guidelines have been nominated for the process:
“A prospective candidate may personally deliver or cause to be delivered on his/her behalf, by either the Proposer or Seconder of his/her Nomination, the completed Nomination Forms to the Returning Officer at the Tamale Metropolitan Office of the Commission on the dates and times stated above.
“The 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 voters in the Constituency as assenting to the Nominations,” it noted.
The guidelines continued, “the Nomination Forms shall also be endorsed with the Candidate’s concern to the Nomination.
“A candidate shall at the time of submitting his/her completed Nomination Forms, provide the Returning Officer with two (2) copies of a recent post card (busy sized) photograph against red background, showing his/her full face and ears,” the release outlined.
The EC added that the filling fee for the election is ¢10,000 per candidate; however, the filling fee for Female Candidates and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) is ¢7,500.
All completed Nomination Forms are to he submitted in four copies, as per the Commission’s directives; and the public is advised to comply accordingly.
