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NPP wins Fomena by-elections
Fomena, (Ash), Jan. 23, GNA- Nana Abu Bonsra of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP), won the Fomena constituency
by-election held on Tuesday with 9,525 votes, representing
81.84 per cent of the total valid votes cast.
Madam Grace Ampofo, who contested on the ticket of the
National Democratic Congress (NDC), polled 2,003 votes
representing 17.21 per cent, while Madam Augustina Kyei of
the Democratic People's Party (DPP) polled 110 votes
representing 0.9 per cent.
Mr Lawrence Kofi Darteh Returning Officer of the Electoral
Commission (EC), who declared the results, said out of a
total of 11,785 votes cast 11,638 were valid while 147 were
rejected.
He said 69.03 per cent of the registered voters turned out
to vote in the 45 polling stations.
The GNA observed that the elections were generally peaceful.
However, the event was nearly marred when Baba Jamal, Deputy
National Organiser of the NDC, interrupt the announcement of
the Kyekyewere and Dadwen polling stations results.
He indicated the NDC had already petitioned the EC
concerning the inclusion of the two polling stations to the
constituency and that the party would not recognise the
results from the two stations.
In the Kyekyewere and Dadwen polling stations, NPP had 204
and votes 242 votes respectively whiles the NDC had 35 votes
and 55 votes and DPP had two in the two polling stations.
GNA
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