Polling in Election 2004 started throughout the country at 0700 hours on Tuesday with long queues of voters waiting patiently to cast their votes.
At the Christ the King Polling Station of the Dade Kotopon Constituency in Greater Accra Region 158 voters were in a queue at the start of polling.
The Presiding Officer Mr Philip Azumah told the GNA that he had all the requisite materials except the tally card for females. He said he had asked one of the Polling Assistants to improvise to capture the data so that he could transfer the results on to the appropriate form when supplied later.
Mr Azumah said 1,216 eligible voters are on the register adding that so far the voters had comported themselves and there had not been any problems.
Four Presidential Candidates - Dr Edward Mahama of the Grand Coalition; President John Agyekum Kufuor of New Patriotic Party (NPP); Professor John Evans Atta Mills of National Democratic Congress (NDC) and George Aguddey of
Convention People's Party (CPP) - had their agents present at the Polling Station.
The agents of the Parliamentary Candidates - Eric Kodi, Independent; Solomon Nii Adjetye Okang, CPP; Eric Osa Laate, Independent; Laryea Abdenego, NPP and Nii Amasah Kojo Namoale, NDC - were also present.
At the Flagstaff House Polling Centre of the Ayawaso East Constituency in Greater Accra Region, the Presiding Officer Ms Faustina Afenyo told the GNA that she had all the requisite materials to work with. There are 341 voters on the register and 45 of them were in the queue just before voting started.
Three Parliamentary Candidates are vying for the seat. They are: Abdiel Godly Babaali of PNC; Daddah B Braimah, NPP and Mustapha Ahmed of NDC.
At the Amantra Polling Station of the Klotey Korley Constituency of Greater Accra Region, the Presiding Officer Ms Emma Asamoah said 15 registered voters had exercised their franchise when the GNA visited the centre at 0720 hours.
They were made up nine women and six men.
She said there were 800 voters on the register and she had not encountered any
problems since all the voters and Polling Agents had comported themselves.
Godwin Opare Addo of CPP; Richard Buckman of PNC; Nii Ashietey Armah of NDC and Nii Adu Mante of NPP are vying for the Parliamentary Seat.