The Ellembelle NPP Parliamentary candidate for 2012 and 2016, Kwasi Bonzoh will represent the NPP in the 2020 parliamentary elections after winning in Saturday’s polls.
Mr. Bonzoh beat two other contenders, Anna Akaisi Horma Miezah and Isaac Menlah by 359 polls to win the slot in the Ellembelle Parliamentary Primaries.
Anna Miezah followed closely with 262 votes leaving Isaac Menlah with 9 votes. There were 2 rejected votes in all.
A total of 632 delegates voted at the Ekruful Agricultural Senior High School Park where the polls were held.
Below are some of the results:
Ashaiman constituency
Alhaji Labaram Yakubu….. 449
Eric Kwasi Kwatia………….378
Alexander Narh-Gbeko… 203
Ellembelle Constituency
Kwesi Bonzoh : 359
Horma Akesi Meninzah: 262
Issac Manlah: 9
Aowin constituency
Edward Osei 314
Robert coffie 102
Abanga Yakubu 304
valid vote 725
Cape Coast South
Ernest Arthur 271
Perry Mensah 133
Ekow Dsane Selby 110
Bia East
Evans Amoah 99
Nicholas Niber 212
Rejected 0
Total valid vote cast 311
Affram Plains North
Hon. Asiamah = 174
Hon. Nana Koree = 358
Affram Plains South
Hon. Zineyele Jacob = 202
Hon. William Hor = 307
JUABOSO
Martha Kwayie Manu= 300
Danso Simon Asamoah = 9
Francis Afranyo Kwaku =199
Alex Ampaabeng =71
Solomon Donkor=1
More results soon…
The primaries are being held in 104 constituencies amidst legal hurdles in some constituencies.
Termed “orphan constituencies”, these are areas where the party lost the 2016 Parliamentary Elections to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and therefore has no sitting Members of Parliament on the party’s side in Parliament. The NPP has I69 seats out of the total 275 seats in Parliament.
Court cases
Elections are not being held in eight constituencies where the primaries have been put on hold until further notice owing to some compelling reasons:
Chereponi constituency (North-East Region)
Krachi West Constituency
(Oti Region)
Afajato South Constituency
(Volta Region)
Kpando Constituency
(Volta Region)
Anlo Constituency
(Volta Region)
Hohoe Constituency
(Volta Region)
Amasaman (Greater Accra)
Asawase (Ashanti region)