The Minister of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, has been declared the winner of the 2024 parliamentary election for the Techiman South Constituency in the Bono Region.<\/p>\n The Techiman South Constituency was one of the nine constituencies whose results were outstanding.<\/p>\n According to the Electoral Commission, the returning officer for the constituency was assaulted and forced to declare the results in favour of the National Democratic Congress candidate, Christopher Beyere Baasongti.<\/p>\n The Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, had stated that the declaration for the constituency could not stand and ordered a re-collation of the results.<\/p>\n \u201cThe returning officer and other staff were physically assaulted and forced to re-declare the results at gunpoint. It is important to note that the collation process had not been completed. There also, the Commission would not uphold those processes,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n At the Greater Accra Regional Office, where the re-collation was done, on Saturday, December 21, 2024, the returning officer for the constituency announced that Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, the parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and incumbent MP for the area, won the election with 46,663 votes.<\/p>\n NDC\u2019s Christopher Beyere Baasongti came in second with 43,429 of the total votes cast.<\/p>\n BAI\/OGB<\/p>\n Watch a compilation of the latest Twi news below:<\/b><\/p>\n![\"Minister](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/141\/14121845.295.jpg\" "\\"Minister")
Minister of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n