The total number of registered voters was 17,027,655.[48] The Electoral Commission promised to declare the results of the election within 24 hours of the completion of voting.[49] Some leaders of the NDC expressed their doubts about the commission being able to do so within the 24 hours time frame.[50][51] In the late afternoon of 8 December the Electoral commission communicated that the declaration of the votes in 24 hours which was supposed to take place at 5:00pm which is exactly 24 hours of the closure of the election had been extended.