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The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Ewurabena Aubynn has emerged victorious in the parliamentary rerun in the Ablekuma North constituency which was characterized by incidents of violence including an assault on former Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister, Hawa Koomson by some thugs.
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Ewurabena Aubynn wrestled the seat from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in a tightly contested race. The NDC candidate polled 34,090 votes while the NPP’s Akua Afriyie polled 33,881 votes. “A win was expected because we worked so hard,” Ewurabena Aubynn told journalists.
This is the first time in the Fourth Republic that the NDC has won the seat, after decades of political dominance by the NPP.
The rerun followed a protracted dispute over the initial December 2024 parliamentary results, where violence at the collation centre halted the counting of results from 19 polling stations.
A High Court later ordered the EC to complete the process, but after months of delay and security concerns, the Commission opted to re-run the election in the affected areas.
The decision by Akua Afriyie to participate in the re-run did not receive endorsement from the national leadership of the party who accused the Electoral Commission of being inconsistent with their decisions.
Source:channel247online.com
Rafiq Adam
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