The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Ernest Yaw Anim polled 15,264 votes representing 70.91% to win the Kumawu Constituency by-election and thus retains the seat for the party.
The by-election was expected to be closely fought following the high stakes invested in the seat by both the ruling NPP and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), whose candidate Kwasi Amankwaa, came a distant second with 3,727 votes or 17.29 percent.
Supporters of the NPP even ahead of official announcement of collated results hit the streets from various polling centres in wild celebration, satisfied with the local results and convinced, Ernest Anim, an economist and a chartered accountant was on his way to represent them in parliament.
.The two other contestants in the by-election, both named Kwaku Duah, equally did not provide much of a contest, sharing between them a paltry 2,540 votes or 11.8%.
- Ernest Yaw Anim (NPP) : 15,264 (70.91%)
- Kwasi Amankwaa (NDC) : 3,723 ( 17.29%)
- Kwaku Duah (Ind. 1) : 2,478 (11.51%)
- Kwaku Duah (Ind. 2) : 62. ( 0.29%)
The polls saw a heavy deployment of the police, with fears that the exercise could degenerate into violence, however, save from pockets of disagreements from some of the polling centres which were resolved, the by-election was highly peaceful.
The seat became vacant following the death of NPP’s Member of Parliament for the area, Philip Basoah, and with the acute balance of power in parliament between the two main parties, the Kumawu seat was a critical addition and pitched the poll as a game changer for both parties.
The NPP has always won the seat since 2000, but the party left nothing to chance, providing opportunities for party bigwigs to tour the constituency and to whip up support for its candidate. That effort saw Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, other presidential aspirants Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto and Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen all descend on the constituency to campaign for support.
Latest Stories
-
World Public Relations Day Festival 2024 puts spotlight on AI, sustainability PR
10 mins -
Actress Gloria Sarfo recounts embarrassing moment with taxi driver
16 mins -
Procure Utility-Scale Solar Power Plant for security of the grid
19 mins -
Miss USA Noelia Voigt resigns title on mental health grounds
21 mins -
King has no time to see Prince Harry on UK visit due to ‘full programme’
24 mins -
Security guard shot at Drake’s Toronto home amid beef with Kendrick Lamar
29 mins -
NPA to engage Finance Ministry to consider removing taxes on LPG
37 mins -
Paris Olympics: 70 teams qualify for relay events
41 mins -
Passport e-gate outage causing delays at UK airports
44 mins -
Anti-corruption agencies from 21 African countries storm Ghana for conference
47 mins -
Farouk Aliu Mahama apologises for Citi FM reporter assault
51 mins -
Unilever pledges to remain committed to delivering profitability
51 mins -
”Nobody expected this’ – Hummels
56 mins -
T-bills: Interest rates tumbled again; government records 17% oversubscription
58 mins -
WAFU B U-17 AFCON: 14 referees named for competition
1 hour