The Electoral Commission (EC) says it recorded an 87.8 per cent turnout in the special voting exercise which took place on Tuesday, December 1, 2020.A total of 109,577 persons including security personnel and journalists cast their ballots during the special voting exercise.

At a press conference in Accra, the EC Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa, described the voter turnout as good and said the Commission was looking forward to a higher turnout on Monday, December 7.

“If I am to take a cue from the Special voting [where] we had a turnout of 87.8% during the exercise that took place on December 1, 2020, we are hoping that we will have such a turnout or higher with God being our helper and all things being equal [in the December 7 elections].”

Ghanaians will on Monday, December 7, 2020, go to the polls to elect a President and 275 Members of Parliament (MPs).

A total of 17,027,655 registered voters are expected to cast their ballot at about 33,367 polling stations across the country.