{"id":126381,"date":"2023-12-02T05:59:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T05:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/02\/npp-elects-parliamentary-candidates-for-orphan-constituencies-today\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T05:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T05:59:14","slug":"npp-elects-parliamentary-candidates-for-orphan-constituencies-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/02\/npp-elects-parliamentary-candidates-for-orphan-constituencies-today\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP elects Parliamentary Candidates for &#8216;orphan&#8217; constituencies today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>By Christopher Arko<\/p>\n<p>Accra, Dec. 2 GNA \u2013 All is set for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to hold parliamentary primary in orphan constituencies today, December 2, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The election is expected to take place in 111 out of the 137 \u2018orphan\u2019 constituencies across the country with some aspirants going unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>The election forms part of the Party \u2018s preparation ahead of the 2024 General Election.<\/p>\n<p>Orphan constituencies are areas where the NPP has no sitting MPs.<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Accra region, which has the largest number of such constituencies, the election is expected to be keen in Okaikoi North, Ledzokuku, Ablekuma Central, Odododiodio, Adenta and Korle Klottey.<\/p>\n<p>GNA<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"f7428b2e60c814b48a7fc314-text\/javascript\">(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=249643311490&version=v2.3\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Christopher Arko Accra, Dec. 2 GNA \u2013 All is set for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to hold parliamentary primary in orphan constituencies today, December 2, 2023. The election is expected to take place in 111 out of the 137 \u2018orphan\u2019 constituencies across the country with some aspirants going unopposed. The election forms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NPP elects Parliamentary Candidates for &#039;orphan&#039; constituencies today - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/02\/npp-elects-parliamentary-candidates-for-orphan-constituencies-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NPP elects Parliamentary Candidates for &#039;orphan&#039; constituencies today - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Christopher Arko Accra, Dec. 2 GNA \u2013 All is set for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to hold parliamentary primary in orphan constituencies today, December 2, 2023. 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