#GhElections: How Central Region voted on December 7

The Central Region has seen the New Patriotic Party (NPP) win 19 of the 23 parliamentary seats in the 2016 parliamentary elections.

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) came out of the elections with the remaining 4 seats in a region that ultimately sung to the NPP.

Coming into the Elections, the NDC held 16 parliamentary seats in the region to the NPP’s 7.

Of the incumbents that lost their seats 7 were single-term members of parliament; 6 from the NDC and 1 from the NPP.

Rachel Appoh of Gomoa Central was one of the incumbents to lose their seat

6 of the 17 female parliamentary candidates that contested 12 different seas were able to win their parliamentary contests.

Citi FM’s team monitoring the polls in the Central Region was led by Citi News’ Franklin Badu Jnr and Akwesi Koranteg.

Find below the figures from the 23 constituencies in the Central Region.

AWUTU SENYA EAST	VOTES
NANA KWEKU APPIAH-KWARTEN, PPP	494
ADAMS NUHU, NDC	24,373
MAVIS HAWA KOOMSON, NPP	34,656
NII ADDY ISHMAEL AFUM, CPP	123

GOMOA WEST	VOTES
CHARLES YAWSON, PPP	2,086
SAMUEL FLETCHER, NDC	21,004
ALEXANDER KODWO KUM ABBAN, NPP	22,741
STEPHEN AFRIYIE, CPP	260

AJUMAKO ENYAN ESSIAM	VOTES
JERRY HENRY QUANSAH, PPP	194
CASSIEL ATO BAAH FORSON, NDC	25,601
SARAH MENSAH , NDP	57
MONICA DAAPONG, CPP	55
RANSFORD EMMANUEL HARRISON, NPP	21,903

EKUMFI	VOTES
STEPHEN QUANSAH, PPP	505
ABEIKU CRENTSIL, NDC	11,632
FRANCIS KINGSLEY ATO CUDJOE, NPP	12,240
KWEKU ESSOUN, CPP	70

CAPE COAST NORTH	VOTES
SARAH MARY BUCKNOR, PPP	3,251
KWABENA OWUSU ACHEAMPONG, NDC	16,309
BARBARA AYISI, NPP	19,475
PETER CAESAR KWEGYIR AGGREY, CPP	88

CAPE COAST SOUTH	VOTES
BRIGHT EDEM DROEFENU, PPP	606
RICKETTS HAGAN KWESI, NDC	20,456
MICHAEL ARTHUR- DADZIE, NPP	19,718
ATO AIDOO-NYANOR, CPP	78
ALBERT ISAAC KOFI COBBINA, IND.	203

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana