It doesn’t appear to be exciting news for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as one of its stalwarts, Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng has lost his seat. The Nfantseman West constituency Member of Parliament polled 21, 951 votes as against 25, 090 for his NDC rival. Mr. Asamoah Boateng was confident of winning the seat but has lost it with close to 4000 votes. The Information and National Orientation Minister had serious problems in his own party during the primaries. His deputy, Mr Frank Agyekum, told reporters earlier that there was no need for anybody to conclude his boss has lost his seat. He however, admitted that in the normal scheme of things, Mr. Asamoah Boateng would have won the seat by a handsome majority. In 2004, he won the seat with 28,081, beating his NDC rival Joojo Bruce Quansah, who polled NDC 20,552 votes. The over 7,000 difference has diminished into a deficit leading to his defeat. On the general trend of the results which pundits say don’t look good for the NPP, Mr. Agyekum said although some of the results did not look good, it was too early to draw conclusions. “We should hesitate before concluding that we have lost in the Central Region,” he said. Story by Malik Abass Daabu