{"id":269030,"date":"2024-12-21T15:09:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T15:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/21\/patrick-boakye-yiadom-is-declared-obuasi-east-mp-elect\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T15:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T15:09:41","slug":"patrick-boakye-yiadom-is-declared-obuasi-east-mp-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/21\/patrick-boakye-yiadom-is-declared-obuasi-east-mp-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Boakye Yiadom Is Declared Obuasi East MP-Elect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a dramatic turn of events, the Electoral Commission (EC) has declared incumbent MP Patrick Boakye Yiadom of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the winner of the Obuasi East parliamentary seat.<\/p>\n<p>This declaration comes after the National Democratic Congress members disputed the collation and forced the EC Returning Officer to declare their candidate as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>However, after the recollation process, which was held at the Electoral Commission headquarters in Accra, the Incumbent MP was officially declared as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The initial collation process on December 8 was marred by disputes and allegations of irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Frederick Mensah, the Returning Officer for Obuasi East, the initial results were declined and erased due to the challenges encountered during the collation process.<\/p>\n<p>The Incumbent MP, Patrick Boakye Yiadom, was declared the winner with 18,558 votes, narrowly beating his closest rival, Samuel Aboagye of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who garnered 18,539 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The Obuasi East Constituency has been a hotspot of electoral controversy, with tensions running high between supporters of the NPP and NDC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In a dramatic turn of events, the Electoral Commission (EC) has declared incumbent MP Patrick Boakye Yiadom of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the winner of the Obuasi East parliamentary seat. 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