Patrick Boamah Wins Okaikoi Central Parliamentary Seat After EC Collates Remaining Results

• Patrick Boamah was declared the winner of the Okaikoi Central parliamentary seat by the EC after collating the remaining results
• The incumbent MP secured 21,099 votes, while his challenger, Baba Sadiq of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), secured 19,368
• The Okaikoi Central parliamentary seat was among the four disputed constituencies from the general elections held on December 7, 2024

The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Okaikwei Central constituency, Patrick Boamah, has retained the Okaikoi Central parliamentary seat after the Electoral Commission collated the remaining results from the 2024 elections on Sunday, January 5, 2025.

According to the Electoral Commission, the NPP candidate secured 21,099 votes, while his challenger, Abdulai Abubakar Sadiq of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), secured 19,368.

The Electoral Commission announced that 40,467 valid votes were cast, with 198 rejected ballots out of a total of 40,665 votes.

Patrick Boamah's victory comes after the High Court in Accra granted the New Patriotic Party's Mandamus application to compel the Electoral Commission (EC) to complete the collation of the 2024 parliamentary results in four disputed constituencies on Saturday, January 4, 2025.

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During the court proceedings, the judge, Justice Forson Agyapong, found that the Electoral Commission (EC) was negligent by declaring the parliamentary results collated from 110 out of 141 polling stations in the constituency.

The Okaikoi Central parliamentary results have been under contention since the December 7 elections. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Baba Sadiq, had initially been declared the winner of their electoral battle.

The Electoral Commission subsequently nullified the results, citing electoral irregularities, the use of force and threat of harm to threaten the returning officer to declare the election in favour of Baba Sadiq and the breach of the Electoral Commision's (EC) procedural protocols.

The incumbent MP, Patrick Boamah, was unhappy with the results and chaos during the collation process. He filed a case in a court to contest the outcome, leading to a re-collation exercise that saw him declared the eventual winner.

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Below is the photo of the Okaikoi Central parliamentary results below:

Elikplim Akurugu wins Dome Kwabenya parliamentary seat

In another story reported by YEN.com.gh, Elipklim Akurugu was declared the winner of the Dome Kwabenya parliamentary seat, defeating her challenger and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Mike Oquaye Jnr.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate's victory was confirmed by the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) at an emergency Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting after they scrapped their decision to hold a rerun at the Abokobi Women's Development Centre 2 polling station.

Elikplim Akurugu secured 51,634 votes, while Mike Oquaye Jnr secured 50,477 votes, in a tough contest which saw the NDC win the Dome Kwabenya Constituency seat for the first time since its formation in 2004.

Source: YEN.com.gh