{"id":144257,"date":"2024-01-27T15:05:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/27\/gifty-twum-ampofo-loses-abuakwa-north-gideon-boako-wins-tano-north\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T15:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:05:30","slug":"gifty-twum-ampofo-loses-abuakwa-north-gideon-boako-wins-tano-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/27\/gifty-twum-ampofo-loses-abuakwa-north-gideon-boako-wins-tano-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifty Twum-Ampofo loses Abuakwa North, Gideon Boako wins Tano North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The incumbent Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Gifty Twum-Ampofo has lost her bid to represent the Abuakwa North constituency.<\/p>\n<p>She polled 202 votes while Nana Ampaw Addo-Frempong popularly known as Buffalo polled 222 votes to win the parliamentary primary.<\/p>\n<p>A prominent figure in Ghana\u2019s security and governance, Palgrave Boakye Danquah polled 76 votes while Nana Kwame Mamfe had four votes.<\/p>\n<p>In the Tano North constituency, Freda Prempeh has lost the parliamentary primary to Spokesperson of the Vice President and NPP flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Freda Prempeh polled 221 votes while Gideon Boako polled 444 votes.<\/p>\n<p>In the Atiwa West constituency, Laurrette Korkor Asante polled 177 votes to win the primary to replace Kwasi Amoako Attah ahead of the upcoming December elections.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Benjamin Aboagye polled 134 votes while Kingsley Ofosu Ntiamoah polled 48 votes. Samuel Awuah\u00a0Danquah had only 18 votes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incumbent Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Gifty Twum-Ampofo has lost her bid to represent the Abuakwa North constituency. She polled 202 votes while Nana Ampaw Addo-Frempong popularly known as Buffalo polled 222 votes to win the parliamentary primary. A prominent figure in Ghana\u2019s security and governance, Palgrave Boakye Danquah polled 76 votes while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gifty Twum-Ampofo loses Abuakwa North, Gideon Boako wins Tano North - 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\/2024\/01\/27\/gifty-twum-ampofo-loses-abuakwa-north-gideon-boako-wins-tano-north\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gifty Twum-Ampofo loses Abuakwa North, Gideon Boako wins Tano North - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The incumbent Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Gifty Twum-Ampofo has lost her bid to represent the Abuakwa North constituency. 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