New Patriotic Party candidate, Lydia Seyram Alhassan has been declared winner in the Ayawaso West Wuogon bye-elections.
Four political parties - the New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress, Progressive People's Party (PPP) and the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) contested the vacant seat at the constituency.
The candidates who vied for the position of the late Member of Parliament for the constituency were Lydia Seyram Alhassan of the NPP, Delali Kwesi Brempong (NDC), Clement Boadi (LPG) and PPP's aspirant William Dowokpor.
Reporting from the collation centre at Legon, Peace FM's correspondent Obeng Manu indicated that Madam Seyram Alhassan won the bye-election by a landslide victory, polling 12,041 votes representing 68.8 percent while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Delali Kwasi Brempong polled 5,341 votes representing 30.52%.
The PPP and the LPG polled 102 and 17 votes respectively.
Total votes cast during the election were 17,589 with total valid votes being 17,501 and 88 rejected ballots by 88,710 registered voters.
Moments after the Electoral Commission declared the official results, General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu announced the victory of their candidate to the party faithfuls present.
Madam Seyram Alhassan, on her part, dedicated her victory to the honour of her late husband and former Member of Parliament for the constituency, Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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I read an article by Valarie Sawyer of NDC. She makes a point that in 2016 NPP beat NDC by 10,000 votes but at the by election it was 6,000 and that the people gave spoken rejecting Nana Addo and his NPP. But it was 6000, it was 6,700. I was shocked to read coming from an NDC intellectual. She makes a splendid deduction without looking at the percentage 68% against 30%. Again for the low turn out it's because the university students were on holidays. Gimpa Legon and UPSA alone can boast over 12000 voters and majority of them vote for NPP anyway. Histy in the constituency reflects that. Again extrapolating the lowturn out into normal election will produce similar percentages or slight reduction. NDC should do proper analytical reasoning.
We are ready for 2020. boot for boot, gun for gun, we will see who is who.
the dead man girlfriend is now an mp? God have mercy on her, with all this shedding of blood. She is really a badluck woman. The real wife is still mourning the lost of her husband.
88,710 registered voters and only 17,589 cast their vote? That should not be allow to stand since it constitute less than 50%. Its really shameful.
NDC SHAM E1ESS PEOPLE, WEATHER IT WAS 20% THAT TURN UP TO VOTER OR WHAT, THE NPP STILL WON AND THE SLAY WIDOW MADAM LYDIA BEAT YOUR SERIAL LOSER DELALI BRAMPONG HANDS DOWN.
IT IS A SHAME, IF OUT OF 88710 VOTER ONLY 17589 VOTED LESS THAN 20% VOTER TURN OUT AND THERE IS JUBILATION. YOUR DEAD HUSBAND WILL BE A SHAME OF YOU AND NPP. EC IS A DISGRACE FOR DECLARING SUCH OUTCOME, THE ELECTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN CANCEL COMPLETELY BECAUSE WHO IS SHE REPRESENTING WITH THE TURN OUT, THE DEAD OR LIVING CRY GHANA CRY
***barred word*** woman in a wicked mafia grouping (NPP) disguised as a political party. Watch out, your end is near.
At what cost?
BRAVO TO THE SECURITY FORCES. IF YOU ARE NOT A ***barred word*** HOW CAN YOU TRAVEL ALL THE WAY FROM TAMALE JUST TO CAUSE MAYHEM IN ACCRA AND GO BACK TO CONTINUE THEIR FOLLY? IN ONE BY-ELECTION IN A CONSTITUENCY WHICH APPEARS OF LATE A SAFE SEAT OF THE RULING PARTY. WHEN THE THE LATE MP WAS LIKED BY MANY. WHICH TEACHER OR SERIOUS WORKER IN TAMALE WILL WASTE HIS OR HER TIME TO COME TO ACCRA ON SUCH OCCASIONS. UNEMPLOYED FOO3LS IN NDC..... WHEN YOU ARE MAIMED YOU WILL SEE. IS SAMMY GYAMFI STUDYING LAW? HE SHOULD FIRST PICK HIS GUN AND CUTLASS AND OTHERS CAN FOLLOW. FO3OLS
THE AZOKA BOYS HAD BEEN BROUGHT FOR WIDESPREAD DISRUPTION OF THE BY-ELECTION. THEY WOULD HAVE GONE VIRAL TO THE POLLING STATIONS TO ATTACK PEOPLE AND SNATCH BALLOT BOXES. THE STORY AT THE END OF THE DAY WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SEE NOW. THE ELECTION WOULD HAVE BECOME FIASCO. THE INTELLIGENCE ON THE GROUND INDICATES THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN NO ELECTION AS SOME IN NDC HAD WISHED AND PLANNED TO DO. THE SECURITY FORCES PICKED THE PLAN AND HAD TO MOVE FAST IN THE MORNING TO FOIL THE DIABOLIC PLAN. THEIR ACTION MIGHT APPEAR BIZARRE BUT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE SECURITY FORCES TO ACT IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE THE ELECTION AND LIVES OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE BECOME VICTIMS TO THE EVIL AGENDA IF IT HAD NOT BEEN NIP IN THE BUD.