A total of 23 women are contesting in the 2024 parliamentary elections in the Ashanti region.

Apart from Madam Patricia Appiagyei, the incumbent NPP Member of Parliament for Asokwa, who is contesting the seat again, the rest of the female candidates are contesting their seats for the first time.

The Ashanti region has a total of 142 candidates contesting for the 47 parliamentary seats in the area, and among the constituencies where women are vying for the seats are Ejisu, Ejura-Sekyereduma, Asante Akim South and Asokwa.

Again, 22 people are also contesting the parliamentary elections as Independent Candidates.

A total of 3,019,178 registered voters are expected to vote in 7,100 polling centres across the region in the Elections 2024, and out of this number, 465,224 are first-time voters.

The Ashanti region is seen as one of the areas that is likely to decide the winner of the 2024 elections because the past few weeks have seen intensive political campaign activities by the two major political parties – the NPP and NDC in the region.

While the New Patriotic Party has targeted to obtain between 75 and 85 per cent of the total votes cast in the region, which is its stronghold, the National Democratic Congress is working hard to make bigger incursions to reduce the votes of its major opponent.

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