NPP Primaries: KT Hammond wins Adansi Asokwa race

Trade and Industry Minister Kobina Tahir Hammond has emerged victorious in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries.

Provisional results trickling in show he won the Adansi Asokwa race with 311 votes representing 63.86%.

His main contender Samuel Binfoh Darkwah garnered 125 votes representing 25.67%.

Meanwhile, voting has ended across the 104 constituencies, with counting ongoing.

The elections were organised in constituencies where the NPP has sitting Members of Parliament (MPs).

A total of 321 candidates are contending for tickets to represent the NPP in the 2024 parliamentary elections, with 33 of these candidates going unopposed.