The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is running constituency executive elections across the country on Saturday, October 24, and Sunday, October 25, 2026. This is part of their plan to refresh leadership at the grassroots level before the 2028 general elections.
Around 15,000 people are expected to run for different positions, such as constituency chairpersons, vice-chairpersons, secretaries, organisers, treasurers, communications officers, youth organisers and women organisers.
The party’s General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, explains that this two-day event is part of the NDC’s larger reorganisation effort. The goal is to make their structures stronger and pick new leaders to manage things at the constituency level.
Before the elections happen, Mr Kwetey shared rules that say delegates need to show valid ID before they vote. Valid IDs include a voter identification card, the Ghana Card or the party’s plastic membership identification card.
The party has also banned tally voting for eight positions. This means delegates have to vote individually for these positions instead. Ballots for the women’s and youth conferences will be kept safe and counted only after the main constituency executive elections are finished.
The NDC says these rules help make sure everything is fair and organized. The Electoral Commission will work with constituency election committees to run the elections, and the Ghana Police Service will handle security.
The Ketu South Constituency in the Volta Region held its elections on Friday, October 23, one day before the nationwide elections. The party’s national leadership approved this early date to avoid conflicts with other events.
Voting started at 9:30 a.m., about an hour and a half after the planned 8:00 a.m. start time. A total of 74 people ran for different executive positions. Electoral Commission officials watched over the voting, while police and National Security workers provided security.
Nkwanta North elections face legal challenge
Meanwhile, the Nkwanta North Constituency in the Oti Region is supposed to go ahead with its elections even though the High Court in Dambai gave out an interlocutory injunction that’s supposed to stop it.
The order came out on October 21 and tells the NDC to not run the elections and to not use or approve the delegates’ list that was made after branch elections in June and July.
But Mahdi Jibrill, who works as the Acting Director of IT and Elections for the party, says the elections will still happen. He’s saying that the party’s national leadership hasn’t officially gotten the injunction yet.
“The Nkwanta North election will happen this weekend. From what I know right now, we don’t have any injunction against us. Nobody has given it to us, and party headquarters, the general secretary, is running the election for the constituency. So we know the election will go on,”
Gmajobe Yaw and 22 other people from the constituency started the legal case because they’re questioning whether some of the branch executives on the delegates’ list should actually be there.
Regional and national elections
The NDC is planning to have its regional executive elections on November 14 and 15, 2026, after the constituency elections happen. The Regional Youth and Women Conference is set for November 13.
The whole reorganisation process will end with the party’s National Congress on December 19, 2026, when they’ll pick the national executive officers. The National Youth and Women Conference is planned for December 12.