{"id":268966,"date":"2024-12-21T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/21\/npps-charles-forson-declared-winner-of-tema-central-seat\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T13:07:19","slug":"npps-charles-forson-declared-winner-of-tema-central-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/21\/npps-charles-forson-declared-winner-of-tema-central-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP&#8217;s Charles Forson declared winner of Tema Central seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Patriotic Party&#8217;s (NPP) Charles Forson has been declared the winner of the Tema Central parliamentary election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes moments after the re-collation came to a brief halt after the Returning Officer declined to proceed in the absence of representatives from all political parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chaos erupted earlier after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, Ebi Bright, demanded a complete re-collation of votes from all polling stations in compliance with a court order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She insisted that the Electoral Commission (EC) start the process afresh, instead of continuing from where it had previously ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tempers flared in the collation room as Ebi Bright, joined by South Dayi MP, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, expressed their frustrations over the EC&#8217;s refusal to undertake a full re-collation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both NDC representatives stormed out of the collation center in protest, leaving the process stalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is heavy security at the EC G\/A Regional office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the re-collation of parliamentary election results for the Obuasi East constituency has confirmed Patrick Boakye Yiadom of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the winner by a 19-vote margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The process, conducted at the Greater Accra Electoral Commission (EC) Office, forms part of nine constituencies undergoing re-collation today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EC official this morning indicated that Mr Boakye Yiadom garnered 18,558 votes to retain his seat, edging out his closest contender, Samuel Aboagye of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who secured 18,539 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An independent candidate, Adjei Owusu Afriyie, trailed with 424 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The process, conducted at the Greater Accra Electoral Commission (EC) Office, forms part of nine constituencies undergoing re-collation today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The re-collation was ordered following disputes over procedural irregularities during the initial tally.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party&#8217;s (NPP) Charles Forson has been declared the winner of the Tema Central parliamentary election. 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