EC to introduce digital portal for election results transmission

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced plans to overhaul the rules governing elections, specifically the 2024 Constitution Instrument 127 (CI 127), to enhance the management and transmission of election results. The EC's Director of Electoral Services, Samuel Dottoh Kwaah, revealed this during a dialogue organized by the National Peace Council in Accra on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.

Kwaah stated that the primary goal of the review is to tackle the issues that emerged during the 2024 general elections and to enhance the overall security, transparency, and efficiency of the results management process. He explained that a dedicated online portal will be introduced for transmitting scanned copies of election results, while the current practice of maintaining physical result sheets will continue.

According to Kwaah, this move aims to prevent any disruptions at collation centers and add an extra layer of security to the transmission of results.

He emphasized that the proposed portal would enable scanned results to be transmitted directly, addressing the challenges faced during the 2024 elections when such a system was absent at some collation centers. Kwaah added that the EC plans to review CI 127, which governs the conduct of general elections, once the review process is complete. He further emphasized that the introduction of the digital transmission system would not replace the physical results, which will still be maintained.

The EC has not yet provided a specific timeline for the completion of the CI 127 review or the launch of the proposed results transmission portal.