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NDC wins Asutifi South seat today
Audrey Micah,
Ghanadot
Accra, April 10,
Ghanadot - The ruling
National Democratic Congress (NDC), has added to its
Parliamentary Majority as its candidate, Collins Dauda,
who was declared winner of the
Asutifi South parliamentary election by the Electoral
Commission (EC).
Mr. Dauda marginally won the disputed polling just 14
more votes to beat his closest challenger, Mr
Yiadom-Boakye Boateng of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The candidate representing the NDC,
Collins Dauda polled 10,984 votes, while Boateng had
10,970 votes, with the Democratic People's Party's
George Okyere coming a distant third.
The constituency election suffered a High Court
injunction soughted by Yiadom-Boakye Boateng on grounds
of massive election irregularities during voting on
December 7, 2008, but the Suprime Court overturned the
High Court order restraining the EC from declaring
results of the Asutifi South parliamentary election on
Wednesday, declaring that, results of election could
only be challenged after declaration.
With the declaration, the NDC now has 115 Members of
Parliament as against NPP's 107. There are four
independent MPs, with two for the People's National
Convention, and one for the Convention People's Party.
As at now, the only constituency which is yet to declare
its results is Akwatia which is located in the Kwaebirem
District of the Eastern Region, and the NDC and NPP are
in court to battle it out.
Micah Audrey
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