Provisional results from the Assin Central Constituency of the central region suggest a lead for Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. The results is from the New Patriotic Party’s presidential primaries on Saturday, November 4.
Member of Parliament of the area, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who contested in Saturday’s elections, polled 491 out of the 507 total valid votes cast.
His closest contender Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia had 16 votes.
The other two aspirants – Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto and Francis Addai-Nimoh – had no votes.
In Assin South Constituency, Mr Agyapong polled 478 votes while Dr Bawumia polled 158 votes.
Dr Afriyie Akoto and Mr Addai-Nimoh had 1 and 0 respectively.
Ken Agyapong appears to have made inroads in his home region as he won a number of constituencies in the Central Region.
From the Cape Coast North Constituency, for instance, Mr Agyapong polled 318 votes out of the 588 total valid votes cast while Dr Bawumia polled 268 votes.
Mr Addai-Nimoh had 2 votes while Dr Afriyie Akoto had no votes.
The business man pulled a lot of surprise as well in the country’s capital as he won a number of constituencies in the Greater Accra Region.
At Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Ken Agyapong won with 531 votes while Dr Bawumia trailed him with 441 votes.
In Krowor Constituency, Ken Agyapong’s votes totalled 689 while Dr Bawumia’s totalled 411.