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Monday, 12 December 2016

NPP floors NDC to claim majority in Parliament

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suffered huge losses following the general elections on December 7, conceding the presidency and  majority seats in Parliament to the New  Patriotic Party (NPP) .
Prior to Wednesday’s polls, the NDC controlled the legislature as they held 148 seats to NPP’s 123 of the 275 seats.
However in a massive turnaround, the NPP look set to be the party with the largest number of seats in Parliament.
 
With the results from 266 constituencies provisionally declared, the NPP have won 170 of them to NDC’s 103,
If the results are certified as they are currently, the incoming government will control the  legislature as well as the executive.
Regional Breakdown The results from Amasaman, Tamale Central, Bia East, Juaboso, Aowin, Suaman, Amenfi Central, Sefwui Akotombra, Upper West Akim are pending but will not change the outcome in Parliament.

The NDC have had a net loss of 52 Members of Parliament (MPs) from the last session while the NPP have seen a net gain of 46 MPs. There are 125 new MPs with Ashanti Region recording the highest number of new legislators (25).
 
Greater Accra (18), Central Region
(16) and Northern Region also recorded high numbers of new aspirants winning their seats. 133 MPs, however managed to avoid any upsets and successfully retained their seats, including 26 in the Ashanti Region, 20 in the Eastern Region and 18 in the Brong Ahafo Region.
 
The NDC retained all 12 of their seats in the Upper East Region and lost only one seat in the Volta Region in Krachi East.

However they made massive losses in the Central and Western Regions, losing 12 and 13 seats respectively having held a total of 34 seats in both regions prior to this year’s polls.

The Brong Ahafo and Northern Regions were less successful this time around as well as they lost 8 and 7 seats respectively.

The NPP, on the other hand, chalked impressive wins, capturing 12 new seats in the Central Region including George Andah’s famous win over Hanna Tetteh in Awutu Senya West.

Central Region
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.

UPPER DENKYIRA WESTVOTES
AMBROSE AMOAH-ASHYIAH, NDC10,655
SAMUEL NSOWAH-DJAN,  NPP16,881
 
UPPER DENKYIRA EASTVOTES
FREDRICK ENCHILL, PPP275
EMELIA  ANKOMAH, NDC16,297
NANA AMOAKOH,  NPP22,272
YAW ASAMOAH, CPP810
OFFIN AMANIANPONG O.K.  ,  PNC61
PATRICK ADU, IND233
 
TWIFO ATTI MORKWAVOTES
ABU AYUBA,   PPP273
SAMUEL ATO AMOAH,    NDC14,887
ABRAHAM DWUMA ODOOM,    NPP21,231
EBENEZER APPIAH,     CPP115
 
HEMANG LOWER DENKYIRAVOTES
PAUL KINGSLEY AMBANTIEM,    PPP257
FOSTER JOSEPH ANDOH,     NDC10,338
BRIGHT WIREKO-BROBBERY,    NPP15,043
JOHN FELIX KRAMPAH,      CPP119
 
ASSIN SOUTHVOTES
SABINA APPIAH-KUBI,     NDC15,683
JOHN NTIM FORDJOUR,    NPP23,308
SANKOFIE ABBAM LARTEY, CPP141
NANA NTI TAKRA  ,   IND377
ASSIN CENTRALVOTES
KOFI BLANKSON,      NDC10,618
KEN OHENE AGYAPONG,    NPP17,979
JOHN DACOSTA BOTCHWEY,    CPP154
ASSIN NORTHVOTES
ISAAC MANU, PPP979
SAMUEL AMBRE,    NDC10,751
ABENA DUROWAA MENSAH, NPP15,553
SANNI MAHAMA, CPP115
ASIKUMA ODOBEING BRAKWAVOTES
RICHARD ATO QUAINOO,   PPP237
ALHASSAN KOBINA GHANSAH,,    NDC23,330
ANTHONY EFFAH,    NPP23,760
HAYFORD AMOAKOH, CPP90
 
AGONA EASTVOTES
QUEENSTAR POKUA SAWYER,    NDC19,789
JAMES OWUSU BARNES,  NPP18,513
APPIAH KUBI SHARIFIU,    CPP310
 
AGONA WESTVOTES
CHARLES OBENG-INKOOM,  NDC23,423
CYNTHIA MAMLE MORRISON,    NPP32,770
EVANS IDAN COFFIE,   CPP277
 
AWUTU SENYA EASTVOTES
NANA KWEKU APPIAH-KWARTEN,  PPP494
ADAMS NUHU,   NDC24,373
MAVIS HAWA KOOMSON,   NPP34,656
NII ADDY ISHMAEL AFUM,   CPP123
 
AWUTU SENYA WESTVOTES
HANNAH SERWAA TETTEH,   NDC25,664
GEORGE NENYI ANDAH,    NPP28,867
ALLAN BARNES YAWSON,   CPP228
 
EFFUTUVOTES
NANA OFORI OWUSU, PPP1,427
ERIC DON-ARTHUR,   NDC12,628
ALEXANDER AFENYO MARKIN,    NPP22,964
EBENEZER R.  AKUMBEA-SAM,    CPP80
MURTALA MUHAMMED UMAR,    PNC22
 
GOMOA EASTVOTES
EUNICE ASSUMANG, PPP920
PAITOO DEGRAFT,    NDC15,010
KOJO ASEMANYI,    NPP17,654
GODFRED KUMEDZRO CUDJOR,  CPP105
MARCUS YAW DANSO,  IND.1,604
GOMOA CENTRALVOTES
GRACE IGNOPHIA APPIAH,   PPP174
RACHEL FLORENCE APPOH,    NDC12,858
NAANA EYIAH,  NPP14,178
EMMANUEL APPOH MENSAH,  CPP280
 
GOMOA WESTVOTES
CHARLES YAWSON,    PPP2,086
SAMUEL  FLETCHER,   NDC21,004
ALEXANDER KODWO KUM ABBAN,   NPP22,741
STEPHEN AFRIYIE,     CPP260
 
AJUMAKO ENYAN ESSIAMVOTES
JERRY HENRY QUANSAH,  PPP194
CASSIEL ATO BAAH FORSON,   NDC25,601
SARAH MENSAH ,    NDP57
MONICA DAAPONG,   CPP55
RANSFORD EMMANUEL HARRISON,  NPP21,903
 
EKUMFIVOTES
STEPHEN QUANSAH,   PPP505
ABEIKU CRENTSIL,   NDC11,632
FRANCIS KINGSLEY ATO CUDJOE,   NPP12,240
KWEKU ESSOUN,   CPP70
 
MFANTSIMANVOTES
KWABENA OKYERE,   PPP4,043
JAMES ESSUON,   NDC26,021
EKOW HAYFORD,  NPP26,747
PIUS EBO  DUSHAN, CPP318
 
ABURA ASEBU KWAMANKESEVOTES
CLEMENT ABAIDOO,   PPP1,054
SAMUEL KWEKU HAYFORD,   NDC20,508
ELVIS MORRIS DONKOH,    NPP22,245
KWAME EDU OFORI,  PNC116
 
CAPE COAST NORTHVOTES
SARAH MARY BUCKNOR, PPP3,251
KWABENA OWUSU ACHEAMPONG, NDC16,309
BARBARA AYISI,   NPP19,475
PETER CAESAR KWEGYIR AGGREY,   CPP88

 
CAPE COAST SOUTHVOTES
BRIGHT EDEM DROEFENU,   PPP606
RICKETTS HAGAN KWESI,   NDC20,456
MICHAEL ARTHUR- DADZIE,  NPP19,718
ATO AIDOO-NYANOR,  CPP78
ALBERT ISAAC KOFI COBBINA, IND.203
 
KEEAVOTES
JOHN STERLIN,    PPP18,860
SAMUEL ATTA MILLS,    NDC21,957
STEPHEN NANA ATO ARTHUR, NPP15,960
ROSE AUSTIN TENADU,    CPP410