Politics of Monday, 8 December 2008

Source: GNA

Nayan Nayan retains Nkwanta-North

Kpassa, (V/R), Dec. 8, GNA - Mr Joseph Kwaku Nayan, incumbent NPP Parliamentary candidate for Nkwanta- North, has retained his seat with 9,426 votes, provisional results from the constituency have indicated. His closest rival, Dr Joseph Kwabena Nianboah-Rockson of the NDC polled 8,680 votes. Mr Nayan won the seat in 2004 with 6,178 votes as against 3,678 by Dr Nainboah-Rockson, as an independent candidate. The constituency however fell to Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the NDC Presidential candidate who polled 10,334 votes against 9,807 by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The rest of the results from that constituency are:

Presidential Parliamentary

PNC - 335 - Ind. - 253 CPP - 284 306 DFP - 121 - RPD - 41 - DPP - 40 Ind. 3241 8 DEc 08