The Electoral Commission (EC) registered 910,996 new voters in the just-ended voter registration exercise, with majority of applicants (61.9 per cent) using the guarantor system.
The Limited Voter Registration Exercise was held at all the 268 District Offices of the Commission from Tuesday, September 12, 2023, to October 2, 2023, ahead of the upcoming District Level Elections.
The EC had projected registering 700,000 new applicants out of a projected 1.35 million, who were estimated to have turned 18 years since the last voter registration exercise in 2020.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, Mr Samuel Tettey, Deputy EC Chair in Charge of Operations, said the Commission was “very much satisfied” with the outcome of the exercise.
“We projected registering 700, 000 voters but we exceeded our target and registered 910,996 voters,” he said and attributed the success to the measures adopted by the EC to resolve the challenges that emerged at the initial stages.
Regional Breakdown
The Ashanti Region recorded the highest number of registered voters, with 148, 294, followed by the Greater Accra Region, which recorded 124, 166 voters..
The rest are: Western; 55,886; Western North, 31, 483; Central: 85, 152; Volta, 55,557; Oti 36, 481; Eastern, 92, 780; Bono 31, 932; Ahafo, 22, 203; Bono East 39,804; Savannah, 21, 754; Northern 66, 510; North East 24, 667; Upper East: 43, 641, and Upper West 20, 656.
Mr Tettey said out of 910, 996 new voters, 61.9 per cent of the applicants used the guarantor system whiles 37.8 per cent used Ghana Card, and 0.3 per cent used the passport.
