Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
Results have started trickling in from various polling centres in the NPP Super Delegates Conference held on Saturday, August 26, 2023.
Polls officially closed at 1 pm in all voting centres and counting is underway in all 17 polling centres.
The New Patriotic Party cleared all of its ten presidential aspirants to contest the flagbearer race in July.
The ten flagbearer aspirants are Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia; a former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Joe Ghartey; a former Minister of Trade, Alan Kyerematen; MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong; a former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie; a former General Secretary of NPP, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong; a former MP for Offinso North, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku; a former Energy, Minister, Boakye Agyarko, and businessman, Kojo Opoku and a former MP for Mampong, Francis Addai-Nimoh.
They are all hoping to secure a spot among the top 5 to contest the main presidential primaries.
The New Patriotic Party will hold its presidential primaries in November to determine the ultimate winner of the flagbearer race.
Upper West Region
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia got the highest number of votes in the Upper West regional elections.
Dr Bawumia polled 23 votes followed by Alan Kyerematen who had 4 votes, with Akoto Afriyie coming in third with 3 votes. Kennedy Agyapong also got 2 votes while the other six candidates failed to secure a single vote.
YMCA - Greater Accra
Dr Bawumia also took the lead in the elections at the YMCA centre in the Greater Accra region with 36 votes.
He was followed by Kennedy Agyapong with 15 votes, then Alan Kyerematen with 14 votes.
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto had 3 votes while Addai Nimoh, Boakye Agyarko and Kwabena Agyepong got 1 vote each.
The other three candidates, Joe Ghartey, Dr Konadu Apraku and Kojo Poku got no vote.