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48 APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF COMMISSION
(1)
A person aggrieved by a decision of the Electoral Commission in respect of a demarcation of a
boundary, may appeal to a tribunal consisting of three persons appointed by the Chief Justice; and
the Electoral Commission shall give effect to the decision of the tribunal.
(2)
A person aggrieved by a decision of the tribunal referred to in clause (1) of this article may appeal to
the Court of Appeal whose decision on the matter shall be final.
49 VOTING AT ELECTIONS AND REFERENDA
(1)
At any public election or referendum, voting shall be by secret ballot.
(2)
Immediately after the close of the poll, the presiding officer shall, in the presence of such of the
candidates or their representatives and their polling agents as are present, proceed to count, at that
polling station, the ballot papers of that station and record the votes cast in favour of each candidate
or question.
(3)
The presiding officer, the candidates or their representatives and, in the case of a referendum, the
parties contesting or their agents and the polling agents if any, shall then sign a declaration stating���
(a) the polling station; and
(b) the number of votes cast in favour of each candidate or question;
and the presiding officer shall, there and then, announce the results of the voting at that polling
station before communicating them to the returning officer.
(4)
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, an issue for determination by referendum shall not be
taken to be determined unless at least thirty-five percent of the persons entitled to vote at the
referendum voted and, of the votes cast, at least seventy percent voted in favour of the issue.
50 ELECTION OF CANDIDATES
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, where at the close of nominations and on the day
before a public election—
(a) two or more candidates have been nominated, the election shall be held and the candidate who
receives the largest number of votes cast shall be declared elected; or
(b) only one candidate is nominated, there shall be no election and that candidate shall be declared
elected.
(2)
Where for the purposes of a public election two or more candidates are nominated but at the close of
the nominations and on the day before the election only one candidate stands nominated, a further
period of ten days shall be allowed for nomination of other candidates, and it shall not be lawful for
any person nominated within that period of ten days to withdraw his nomination.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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