Ghana’s Supreme Court has halted the rerun of the parliamentary election in Kpandai.
The Electoral Commission had slated the election for December 30, following a ruling by the Tamale High Court.
But Ghana’s apex court on Tuesday, December 16, 2026, ruled that the EC should halt all activities related to the rerun.
The case has since been adjourned to January 13, 2026, for further hearing.
New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Matthew Nyindam, is asking the Supreme Court to review and quash the High Court’s judgment, arguing that the court wrongly assumed jurisdiction in the election petition.
The petition at the High Court was filed by the NDC’s parliamentary candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who challenged the outcome of the 2024 polls.
According to Nyindam, the election petition was invalid from the onset and all proceedings arising from it ought to be set aside. He contends that the High Court acted outside its legal mandate and committed fundamental errors that justify the intervention of the Supreme Court through judicial review.
Following the High Court’s ruling annulling the election, the NPP applied for a stay of execution, seeking to halt any steps by the Electoral Commission and the NDC to enforce the decision, including the conduct of a rerun, pending the determination of the case by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court’s decision to suspend the rerun preserves the status quo while it considers the substantive issues raised in the application.