Rocky55 Blog of Wednesday, 1 January 2025
Source: Isaac Appiah
In the 2024 elections, the NDC's Faustina Akurugu was proclaimed the victor of the Dome Kwabenya parliamentary seat by the Electoral Commission. Faustina Elikplim Akurugu, the candidate for the NDC The Dome Kwabenya parliamentary seat has been won by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the first time.
Following a fiercely contested contest, the Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, proclaimed NDC candidate Faustina Elikplim Akurugu the victor. She received 50,967 votes, just a few more than Mike Oquaye Jr., the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who received 50,669 votes. The results for the Dome Kwabenya Constituency were validated by Jean Mensa, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), during an emergency meeting of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) on December 31.
We are happy to report that the collation and processes at the Dome Kwabenya Constituency have concluded as of today. We firmly believe that the outcome reflects the will of the people as stated at the polls, and it has come full circle. Our job is not to elect MPs or presidents. Ours is to make sure that our procedures and results ensure that the people's decision is respected. She said to the audience at the new EC headquarters. In a historically NPP-dominated constituency, this result represents a dramatic change. Since 2012, Sarah Adwoa Safo has occupied the seat. The victory of Akurugu is indicative of a larger pattern in the 2024 elections, where the NDC has
Source: 3News