{"id":265781,"date":"2016-11-07T06:15:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T06:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265781"},"modified":"2016-11-07T06:15:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T06:15:34","slug":"regional-breakdown-the-29000-polling-stations-for-election-2016-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/regional-breakdown-the-29000-polling-stations-for-election-2016-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Breakdown: The 29,000 polling stations for election 2016 [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has released the official list of polling stations for the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The list shows an increase in the number of polling stations from 26,000 in 2012 to 29,000 for the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n<p>The Ashanti Region maintains the highest the number with 5,190 polling stations, whilst the Upper West Regions remains the the lowest with 991 polling stations.<\/p>\n<p>The infographic below show the regional breakdown of the number of polling stations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-Polling-Stations-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265780\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-Polling-Stations-06.jpg\" alt=\"2016 polling stations\" width=\"7038\" height=\"8613\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Mawuli Tsikata\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MawuliTsikata\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @MawuliTsikata<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has released the official list of polling stations for the 2016 elections. 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