Regional News of Thursday, 28 September 2006

Source: GNA

Results in nine electoral areas in Tema released

Tema, Sept. 28, GNA - Results of Tuesday's district level and unit committee elections from nine out of the 54 electoral areas in the Tema Municipality, have been released by the Electoral Commission (EC). So far, the name of only one female contestant had come up as having won the election as an assembly member. The candidate-elect, Mrs Esther Sintim Missah, a 51-year-old accounts clerk, contested in the Ashiboi Electoral Area, and won with 704 votes, as against 518 votes by her opponent, Mr Ebenezer Adjetey Kraku.

The other eight results are as follows: Joshua Nortey, 460 votes, (Afieye Electoral Area); Osanyonmor Atitiati Laweh, 501 votes, (Railways Electoral Area); Alex Nii Annang, 357 votes, (Laaloi Electoral Area); and Frank Dzodzodzi, 232 votes, (VALCO Electoral Area).

The rest are Kingsley Kwame Appiah, 422 votes, (Ottanor Electoral Area); Samuel Kwabena Asante, 829 votes, (Halcrow Electoral Area); Romeo Elikplim Akahoho, 426 votes, (Klan-gon Electoral Area) and Marcellus Amo Ashie-Mills, 661 votes, (Kassardjian Electoral Area). At the close of nominations before the elections, the EC had declared candidates contesting the elections in five electoral areas within the municipality, unopposed because they were the sole contestants.

Those electoral areas included Low Cost, Manmomo, Hebron, Pinkwai and Onyai-nshi.