The Member of Parliament elect for the Kumawu Constituency, Ernest Anim is thankful to the people for voting for him as their new representative in the House.
Addressing the press after he was announced the winner of the Kumawu by-elections on Tuesday, Mr Anim said that his victory was because the people saw and believed in his vision to bring development and growth to the constituency.
He thanked the constituents for their support and belief in both him and the NPP to lead the country.
Mr Anim stated that he and the party will work hard to retain the seat and break the eight in the 2024 general elections.
His comment comes after he polled 15,264 votes representing 70.91% to win the Kumawu Constituency by-election and thus retaining 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.
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%.
The polls saw a heavy deployment of the police, with fears that the exercise could degenerate into violence, however, except for pockets of disagreements from some of the polling centres which were resolved, the by-election was highly peaceful.
Meanwhile, Mr Anim noted that he always knew he would win the election hands down during his last rally.
He noted that the work NPP had done in the constituency was proof enough that the party would retain the seat.
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