Kpandai election dispute heads to Supreme Court as Nyindam challenges High Court annulment
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislator is challenging a November 24, 2025 judgment from the Tamale High Court, Commercial Division, which declared the constituency’s parliamentary results invalid and ordered a fresh election within 30 days.
The long-running contest over the Kpandai parliamentary seat has moved to Ghana’s Supreme Court, after incumbent MP Mathew Nyindam filed an application seeking to overturn a High Court ruling that voided his 2024 election victory.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislator is challenging a November 24, 2025 judgment from the Tamale High Court, Commercial Division, which declared the constituency’s parliamentary results invalid and ordered a fresh election within 30 days.
Nyindam’s case rests on a technical but decisive procedural argument: that the original petition challenging his win was lodged well outside the statutory deadline.
His counsel, Gary Nimako Marfo, contends that the Electoral Commission’s declaration for the 7 December 2024 poll was officially gazetted on 24 December 2024. Under Section 18 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992 (PNDCL 284), any challenge to a parliamentary election must be filed within 21 days of the gazette notice.
But the petition filed by NDC candidate Daniel Nsala Wakpal was submitted on 25 January 2025—32 days after publication and 11 days beyond the legal limit.
In an affidavit before the Supreme Court, Nyindam argues that such a late petition was incapable of invoking the High Court’s jurisdiction:
Following the High Court’s decision to annul the results and order a rerun, the incumbent MP is now asking the Supreme Court to issue a judicial review in the nature of certiorari, which would nullify the ruling and all related proceedings.
His legal team warns that upholding the High Court’s judgment would undermine statutory safeguards built into Ghana’s electoral dispute framework, particularly the strict timelines governing petitions.
The apex court is expected to hear the jurisdictional challenge on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, in what observers describe as a pivotal test of procedural compliance in election litigation.
Before the Tamale High Court invalidated the outcome, the Electoral Commission’s certified figures indicated a clear win for Nyindam in the Kpandai Constituency during the 2024 general election.
