The ruling New Patriotic Party's parliamentary candidate for the Adansi Asokwa constituency, KT Hammond has emerged victorious in the December 7 polls.
He polled 18,250 votes out of 30,750 votes at the parliamentary level.
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu, has retained his parliamentary seat in Bekwai for the ruling New Patriotic Party.
According to certified results, he polled 40,275 votes.
President Akufo-Addo is still leading opposition leader, John Mahama in the presidential election.
According to the NPP per results, it has collated, Mr Akufo-Addo has so far garnered 53.18% or 5,608,005 of the votes.
It took the joint effort of military and police personnel to prevent a near-scuffle after some residents of Ablekuma North accused NPP party agents of trying to alter the numbers on the result declaration forms from some polling centres.
They also alleged that persons suspected to be affiliated with the governing party tried to sneak ballot boxes into the collation centre around 1:45 am.
Presidential Candidate of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, says he is confident he will emerge as the ultimate victor in the ongoing presidential polls.
Speaking to the media after casting his ballot at the Gloryland Hotel 1A polling station in the Ablekuma North Constituency, the preacher popularly known as “Osofo Kyiri Abosom” expressed joy with the electioneering process.
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says its independent collation of the election projects a 52.87% win for President Nana Akufo-Addo while the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama is trailing behind with 49.3% of the national votes.
At an earlier press conference, the NDC's Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, insisted that its independent collation of results show that the stakes are high for the party’s flagbearer and parliamentary candidates.
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected claims that its parliamentary seats have been won by candidates of the National Democratic Congress.
At an earlier press conference addressed by Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, the NDC’s Director of Elections insisted that his party has flipped 36 parliamentary seats occupied by the New Patriotic Party.
The incumbent Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency has described her contender in the December 7 election, John Dumelo, as a crying baby who complains about everything.
She made the comment in an interview with GHOne News while rubbishing claims by the National Democratic Congress Parliamentary Candidate that she is involved in vote-buying in the constituency.
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has charged its executives and supporters to move to the collation centres across the country to ensure that they consolidate the party’s “victory”, as the Electoral Commission continues to count the ballots in Monday’s polls.
According to the NDC, it has won 36 seats occupied by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Parliament and is, therefore, confident of victory although it cautioned its members against premature celebration until the final results are declared.
The Electoral Commission (EC) has urged the various candidates contesting in the 2020 polls as well as leadership of the various political parties to desist from issuing “unverified statements” during the ongoing electoral processes.
Such statements are heightening tension in the country, according to the EC.
