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Ghana's Ruling Party Defines Contenders for November Presidential Race
Ghana's Ruling Party Defines Contenders for November Presidential Race
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Ghana's Super Delegates Congress is being held to elect five presidential aspirants to participate in the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) primaries in... 27.08.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party has concluded a conference to select five of its ten candidates to contest the intra-party elections for the presidency, the electoral commission said.In a poll of 961 delegates for whom 17 polling stations opened, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the current Vice President of the country, came first by a significant margin. He secured the first spot with 629 votes, representing 68.1%.Second place in the ballot went to Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who garnered 132 votes (14.3%). Ohene Agyapong now chairs the Communication Committee in Parliament, under the current presidency of Nana Akufo-Addo.Alan Kyerematen, former minister of trade and industry and ex-Ambassador of Ghana to the US, secured third place in the polls with 95 votes (10.2%). Coming fourth in the election was Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, the former agriculture minister, who was supported by 36 votes representing 3.9%. The New Patriotic Party is expected to conduct a run-off on September 2 between Addai-Nimoh and Agyarko to select the fifth possible flagbearer of the body.The current NPP leader and President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, took over as head of state for the first time in 2017. He was re-elected in 2021 for a second term, which draws to an end in 2024.The President of Ghana is elected by an absolute majority of votes in two rounds of voting and holds office for 4 years with two possible terms.
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Ghana's Ruling Party Defines Contenders for November Presidential Race
11:14 27.08.2023 (Updated: 11:26 27.08.2023) Ghana's Super Delegates Congress is being held to elect five presidential aspirants to participate in the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) primaries in November this year.
Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party has concluded a conference to select five of its ten candidates to contest the intra-party elections for the presidency, the electoral commission said.
In a poll of 961 delegates for whom 17 polling stations opened,
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the current Vice President of the country,
came first by a significant margin. He secured the first spot with 629 votes, representing 68.1%.
Second place in the ballot went to Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who garnered 132 votes (14.3%). Ohene Agyapong now chairs the Communication Committee in Parliament, under the current presidency of Nana Akufo-Addo.
Alan Kyerematen, former minister of trade and industry and ex-Ambassador of Ghana to the US, secured third place in the polls with 95 votes (10.2%). Coming fourth in the election was
Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, the former
agriculture minister, who was supported by 36 votes representing 3.9%.
The battle for the fifth position of the party's presidential aspirant was a tie with two candidates - Francis Addai-Nimoh and Boakye Agyarko - each receiving the same 9 votes (0.98%).
The New Patriotic Party is expected to conduct a run-off on September 2 between Addai-Nimoh and Agyarko to select the fifth possible flagbearer of the body.
The current NPP leader and President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo,
took over as head of state for the first time in 2017. He was re-elected in 2021 for a second term, which draws to an end in 2024.
The President of Ghana is elected by an absolute majority of votes in two rounds of voting and holds office for 4 years with two possible terms.
