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The National Democratic Congress' national primaries to elect parliamentary candidates and acclaim the candidature of President John Dramani Mahama for the 2016 general elections is underway.

Voting officially started at 7am and will close at 3pm across the country.

A few constituency polls have been deferred as a result of court injunctions, including Bunkpurugu, Akwatia.
In the Ningo-Prampram constituency, Benjamin Glover reports that representatives of ET Mensah and Sam Dzata George have been locked in a meeting with electoral and security officers following protests raised by Sam George over an alleged deletion of the names of over 3,000 registered voters from the roll.

The meeting is being held at District Police Headquarters. The situation stalled the NDC election process in the constituency.

The Director of Election of the NDC in the constituency, Mr Noble Amenyawu in an interview said prior to the dispatch of electoral materials to the various polling stations, Mr George raised a protest with regard to the voters register.

Both sides were to await the arrival of the party�s Greater Accra Regional a Director of Election, Mr Isaac D. Vanderpuije in the constituency to give directives on the next steps.

Outside the police station, security personnel, including the police and military in riot control gears have stationed themselves to deal with any eventualities.

Voters eager to vote also converged at the police station waiting to hear something from their leaders.

From Koforidua in the Eastern region, George Folley reports that voting started slowly in the Koforidua municipality as voters trickled in at a number of centres visited, while Naa Lamiley Bentil also reporting from Koforidua, said the exercise held at the Kwaku Otchere Depot polling station at the SIC Yard was slow. The Presiding Officer, Ms Mavis Ofori said only 13 people had cast their ballot at about 10:00 a.m.

From Bolgatanga, Vincent Amenuveve reports that voting began in earnest at the Presbyterian Primary 1&2 and Wortaniya Primary A&B polling stations at 7:00am in the ongoing NDC primaries in the Bolga Central constituency of the Upper East Region.

As of 8:06am 35 people had cast their votes. 500 eligible voters are expected to cast their ballots in those polling stations. According to the presiding officer in charge of the polling stations, Mr Aziz Sadat there had not been any challenges.

In all there are 438 voting centres in the region, with over 154,000 eligible voters. 45 aspirants including three females are contesting while 12 sitting mps are seeking re-election and 12 MMDCES are also contesting.

From the Madina Islamic poling station, Bigjel Jalil reports that as at 8:02,six people had cast their ballot out of 1,850 total voters on the register. There were about 60 people in a queue waiting to cast their votes.