Re-Collation: Patrick Boakye Yiadom Declared Winner Of Obuasi East Parliamentary Election

• Patrick Bokaye Yiadom has been declared the winner of the Obuasi East constituency parliamentary elections
• He won the parliamentary seat by a margin of 19 votes against the National Democratic Congress' Samuel Aboagye
• While Boakye Yiadom garnered 18,558 votes, Aboagye got 18,539 votes

Patrick Boakye Yiadom of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been declared the winner of the Obuasi East constituency parliamentary elections.

Patrick Baokye Yaiadom won the election by a mere 19 votes compared to Samuel Aboagye of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

While Boakye Yiadom garnered 18,558 votes, Aboagye got 18,539 votes.

Independent candidate Adjei Owusu Afriyie got 424 votes.

The re-collation exercise followed a dispute over the initial collation process, allegedly fraught with procedural irregularities.

Thus, the Electoral Commission annulled the previous results on the grounds of procedural irregularities and called for a re-collation.

The EC had stated that ensuring transparency and accuracy in the election was paramount to ensuring the integrity of the entire electoral process.

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Obuasi East was one of nine constituencies whose results were re-collated at the Graeter Accra Regional Collation Centre in Accra.

NDC rejects re-collation results

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has strongly rejected the Electoral Commission’s (EC) declared parliamentary results.

The re-collation process, which occurred at the EC’s Greater Accra Regional office on Saturday, December 21, 2024, saw five out of nine parliamentary results favouring the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Reacting to the results, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the NDC's General Secretary, said the entire re-collation process and the subsequent declarations were illegal, manipulated, and a betrayal of Ghana’s democracy.

The party faulted the Jean-Mensa-led Electoral Commission for undermining the integrity of the electoral process and failing to serve the Ghanaian people fairly.

It warned that it would pursue all those involved in what it described as “undemocratic practices” when the “date of reckoning” came.

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EC suspends re-collation of two constituencies

YEN.com.gh reported that the Electoral Commission has had to suspend its re-collation exercise for Dome Kwabenya and Ablekuma North

The EC made this decision following the failure of NDC and NPP officials to produce hardcopies of pink sheets

The EC said due to the absence of the pink sheets; it would have to investigate further to come out with a resolution

Source: YEN.com.gh