Politics of Sunday, 8 December 2024

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2024 Elections: Independent candidate snatches Asante Akyem North seat from Andy Appiah-Kubi

Ohene Kwame Frimpong has won the 2024 parliamentary elections for Asante Akyem North Ohene Kwame Frimpong has won the 2024 parliamentary elections for Asante Akyem North

Independent parliamentary candidate for the Asante Akyem North constituency Ohene Kwame Frimpong has won the 2024 parliamentary elections.

Ohene garnered a whopping 26,926 votes, beating the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP and candidate Andy Appiah-Kubi, who received 8,933 votes.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Kofi Asamoah, secured 2,469 votes.

Results from the various constituencies are being announced following the counting and collation of votes at the various polling and collation centres across the country.

The exercise, which is being held at the various collation centres in the country is aimed at promoting transparency and fairness in the electioneering process.

Both the National Democratic Congress and New Patriotic Party have been holding separate press conferences urging their supporters to remain calm and allow the EC to do its work.

The NPP has admonished its supporters to conduct themselves properly while they monitor the collation and announcement of results.

The NDC, on the other hand, has ordered its supporters to remain vigilant and not celebrate as they follow the process.

The 2024 elections were contested by 13 presidential candidates and 807 parliamentary candidates.

AM/EK