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NDC claims parliamentary victory in 140 constituencies as provisional results trickle in

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said its analysis of the provisional parliamentary results trickling in from across the country suggest it has won 140 out of the total 275 parliamentary seats. Addressing a marathon press conference on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, NDC’s Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, said the …

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Samira Bawumia’s brother flogs NPP’s Yaw Buaben Asamoa at Adentan

Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, Elder brother of Second Lady, Samira Bawumia has defeated New Patriotic Party’s(NPP’s) Director of Communication Yaw Buaben Asamoah to emerge the Member of Parliament elect for the Adentan constituency in Accra. The son of the former National Chairman of the PNC, had earlier whipped Former Minister for …

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Decision Day?: How the EC Chair arrived at the Commission’s headquarters [VIDEO]

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa has arrived at the headquarters in what could possibly be a ‘decision day’ as provisional results from the collation centres begin to trickle in nationwide. Ghanaians went to the polls on Monday, December 7, 2020, to cast their ballot to elect a President and 275 Members …

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[VIDEO]: Heavy security presence at National Collation Centre ahead of election results

There is heavy security presence at the National Collation Centre situated at the Electoral Commission in Accra. Large police amour vehicles stuffed with ammunitions are on display while these security officers move around the premises fully armed. This comes after the ongoing counting process at the various constituency collation centres across the …

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LIVESTREAMED: NDC holds press conference on election results

The National Democratic Congress is holding a press conference this morning on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. The party is briefing the media on the number of seats it says it has won in the Parliamentary and Presidential election. So far, some provisional results have started to trickle in nationwide where ballots were collated, …

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Nkoranza North: NDC snatches Dep Defence Minister’s seat

The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major (rtd) Derek Oduro, who is also the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkoranza North has lost his seat to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Mr Joseph Kwasi Mensah. Mr Mensah obtained 15,124 votes to beat the incumbent MP, who managed to poll …

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Osei-Owusu retains Bekwai seat

Bekwai MP Joe Osei-Owusu has retained his seat in the lawmaking chamber. The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament ran on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party. He polled 40,275 votes. The candidate of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Charles Oppong, polled 2,877 votes. The candidate of …

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VIDEO: MP contenders doze off at collation centre

At the Teshie Police station, where the collation from various polling stations was being done Tuesday dawn, the two leading contenders in the Ledzokuku constituency, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Mr Benjamin Ayiku Nartey from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) tried to stay awake and observe …

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WATCH VIDEO: 3 Persons Shot Dead At Odododiodoo Constituency

News gathered by thedistin indicates that three person in the Odododiodoo constituency have been shot dead.   According to reports gathered, as at 6:30pm NPP members began jubilating that they had won the Odododiodoo constituency. The NPP Members in their jubilant mood sang songs as they marched to the residence of Nii …

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