{"id":758911,"date":"2019-12-05T13:48:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T13:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/05\/57030-candidates-to-contest-district-elections\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T13:48:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T13:48:07","slug":"57030-candidates-to-contest-district-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/05\/57030-candidates-to-contest-district-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"57,030 Candidates To Contest District Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Hajia Alima Mahama \u2013 Local Government Minister<\/strong><\/p>\n

A
\ntotal of 57,030 candidates have filed nominations with the Electoral Commission
\n(EC) to contest the upcoming district level elections across 16 regions in the
\ncountry.<\/p>\n

A
\ntotal of 17,601 males are expected to contest to become assembly members while
\nthere are a total of 909 women involved.<\/p>\n

For
\nthe Unit Committee Election, a total of 34,769 men are to contest while 3,751
\nwomen will be in the exercise.<\/p>\n

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said the December 17, 2019 District Assembly and Unit Committee elections is going on as scheduled after the accompanying referendum, which could have triggered an amendment of\u00a0 certain aspects of the 1992 Constitution to pave way for political parties to sponsor candidates at local level election, was cancelled by the President last Sunday.<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hajia Alima Mahama \u2013 Local Government Minister A total of 57,030 candidates have filed nominations with the Electoral Commission (EC) to contest the upcoming district level elections across 16 regions in the country. A total of 17,601 males are expected to contest to become assembly members while there are a total of 909 women involved. 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