Provisional Results (Polling Centres)
Akwatia Bus Terminal Polling Centre
- Solomon Kwame Asumadu (NPP): 90
- Bernard Bediako Baidoo (NDC): 226
- Owusu Patrick (LPG): 1
- Rejected ballots 1
Akwatia Lorry Station Polling Centre
- Solomon Kwame Asumadu (NPP): 83
- Bernard Bediako Baidoo (NDC): 333
- Owusu Patrick (LPG): 0
- Rejected ballots 1
Heavy police presence at Akwatia Constituency Results Collation Centre
Polls close Akwatia Lorry Station Polling Centre
Akwatia, 5:05PM
Polls have closed at the Akwatia Lorry Station Polling Centre. Sorting and counting of ballots underway.
Akwatia, 2:50PM
“Patching our roads ‘in the last minutes’ to elections won’t influence our votes” — Residents of Akyem Kusi, a suburb of Akwatia.
Akwatia is safe, Eastern Regional Minister says
Akwatia, 8:45AM
NPP so far okay with electoral process — NPP Director of Elections
Akwatia, 7:55AM
Akwatia, 7:41AM
“Akwatia is going to be green and after that we’ll lobby for development.” — Madam Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah, MP for Ada, and First Deputy Majority Whip
Akwatia, 7:00AM
Sept 2, GNA – Polls have opened in the Parliamentary by-election in the Akwatia Constituency.
The NPP is fielding Mr Solomon Kwame Asumadu, a 40-year-old small-scale miner and graduate of All Nations University, while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is presenting Mr Bernard Bediako Baidoo, a 40-year-old lawyer and constituency secretary of the party.
The be-election is being held following the death of Mr Ernest Yaw Kumi of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the former Member of Parliament.
