{"id":144277,"date":"2024-01-27T15:58:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/27\/voting-ends-in-npp-parliamentary-primaries-nationwide\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T15:58:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:58:53","slug":"voting-ends-in-npp-parliamentary-primaries-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/27\/voting-ends-in-npp-parliamentary-primaries-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting ends in NPP Parliamentary Primaries nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>By Christopher Arko<\/p>\n<p>Accra, Jan.27 GNA \u2013 Polls have ended at 1400 hours in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries in constituencies with sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Some 321 candidates contested 105 parliamentary seats, with 33 incumbent MPs going unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>The voting process, to elect parliamentary candidates for the Party ahead of 2024 general election, began at 0700 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) supervised the election as the police provided security.<\/p>\n<p>It was largely peaceful, with some incumbent MPs losing their seats to new entrants.<\/p>\n<p>GNA<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(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, Jan.27 GNA \u2013 Polls have ended at 1400 hours in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries in constituencies with sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) nationwide. 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