Ahead of the upcoming 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, the National Executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has published the roadmap leading to the elections of their presidential and parliamentary candidates.
The party has set November 4, 2023, as the date for its presidential primaries in order to elect a flagbearer to lead the party’s commitment to breaking the eight.
Nominations, according to the party’s General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua, will open for flagbearer aspirants to pick their forms from May 26, 2023, to June 24, 2023.
According to the party, if more than five candidates file to run in the primaries, the party will call a Special Congress on August 26.
However, parliamentary primaries for constituencies with NPP-sitting MPs will be held on February 24, 2024. Nominations will be accepted between December 20, 2023, and January 4, 2024.
As part of the modalities for the parliamentary primaries, the party has barred National, Regional, Constituency Party Executives and MMDCEs from contesting in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament.
“The party has also approved detailed rules and regulations to govern the conduct of both the presidential and parliamentary primaries which would be made available to the public in due course”, the NPP said in its statement signed by its General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong.
Find below the approved calendar of events for the NPP:
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
Opening of Nomination – 26th May 2023
Closing of Nomination -24th June 2023
Special Electoral College Elections (if any) -26th August 2023
National Congress – 4th November 2023
PARLIAMENTARY PRIMARIES
a. ORPHAN CONSTITUENCIES
Opening of Nominations -16th June 2023
Closing of Nominations – 14th July 2023
Elections – from 1st August to 2nd December 2023
b. CONSTITUENCIES WITH SITTING MPs
Opening of Nominations – 20th December 2023
Closing of Nominations – 4th January 2024
Elections – 24th February 2024