Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga has won the Bawku Central primaries in a landslide victory to contest on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The former Sports Minister polled 863 votes out of 1246, while Saad Ustaz got 283 and the third contestant, Theo Braimah Awanzam had 96 votes. Four ballots were rejected.
The voting which started at about 8 am ended at around 2 pm Saturday afternoon with many voters exercising their rights.
In the presidential election, former president, John Mahama won with 1202 votes, Kojo Bonsu had 25, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor got only 9 votes while rejected ballots were seven.
Total registered voters is 1379, and voter turnout was 1246.
Voters have expressed their excitement about the peaceful nature of the primaries and are hopeful the NDC will recapture power come 2024.
Latest Stories
-
UNFPA trains teenage mothers and child marriage victims in employable skills
13 mins -
Theresa Kufour: Ghanaians mourn former first lady on social media
25 mins -
AfDB pledges support to the UN Secretary General’s agenda to deliver climate adaptation
51 mins -
Assemblies must prosecute residents for flouting sanitation by-laws – Minister
1 hour -
Ho Technical University is the best in hospitality and culinary skills – Vice Chancellor
2 hours -
Seven dead after Mexico church roof collapse
2 hours -
Men and women see cheating very differently for this particular reason
3 hours -
Man reports first date to police after she refuses to split the bill
3 hours -
Kirk Franklin reveals he’s finally found his birth father at 53 and they only lived minutes apart
3 hours -
‘Separation Marriage’: Married couple have never lived in the same home
3 hours -
Iraq wedding fire caused by ‘gross negligence’, government investigation says
4 hours -
How a sex abuse ring targeted Gabon’s child footballers
4 hours -
Six dead and 15 trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine collapse
4 hours -
Many trapped after Mexico church roof collapse
5 hours -
Mali crisis: Fierce fighting erupts after Tuareg rebels kill ‘more than 80 soldiers’
5 hours