#Ghana By-election: Meet the four contesting the Ayawaso West Wuogon

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The vacant Ayawaso west Wuogon parliamentary seat is up for grabs and a by election scheduled for 31st January will tell us who gets to win

The seat, previously occupied by the New Patriotic Party’s Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko, whose demise opened the door for a constitutionally mandated by-election, is being contested by four parties. The new Patriotic party NPP, National Democratic Congress NDC, Progressive People’s party PPP and Liberal Party of Ghana LPG.
The candidates

1. Lydia Seyram Alhassan NPP – Number 4 on the ballot paper, she is the wife of the late Member of parliament for the same constituency and is expected to retain the seat for NPP. She is widely seen as the favourite as her Hteam and the national executives of the party have been campaigning aggressively for her. She was seen as the campaign manager for her late husband and very popular in the constituency.

2. Delali Kwesi Brempong NDC – He is Number 1 on the ballot paper. The NDC’s representative for the upcoming elections lost to the late member of parliament in the 2016 election.

3. William Kofi Dowokpor PPP – He is number 2 on the ballot Paper. PPP has been third favorite in almost every election since it’s inception and by all accounts are not capable of winning the seat but it will be a great show of presence to battle the giants on the same battlefield.

4. Clement Boadi LPG – Liberal Party of Ghana is a relatively unknown party in the Ghanaian political spheres yet Mr. Boadi is poised to make it known by virtue of contesting this election. It will be a shock if the party makes much gain but as has been said, anything is possible. The dynamics involved in influencing voter support is way too diverse to write anyone off. He is number 3 9n the ballot paper.

See below for previous parliamentary elections results

Year 2000
NPP(Isaac Amoo)17,555
NDC (Elvis Afriyie)11,388
votes cast             31,648
Valid Votes            31,212
Rejected ballots         436

Year 2004
NPP(Frema Opare) 28,636
NDC(S.Adiepena )  20,828                    
Votes cast               55,387
Valid votes              54,988          
Rejected ballots      399
% turn out                84.8

Year 2008
NPP(Frema Opare)24,603
NDC(Twum Boafo)21,564
Votes cast               57,596
Valid votes               57,275
Rejected ballots            321
% voter turn out      72.22

Year 2012
NPP(K. Agyarko)    31,807
NDC(Awuah-Darko)30,116
Votes cast              63,525        
Valid votes             63,232        
Rejected ballots         293
% turn out                 76.85

Year 2016
NPP(K. Agyarko)    32,591
NDC(Delali Bremp.)22,534
Votes cast              57,053
Valid votes              56,862
Rejected ballots          191
% voter turn out        64.00

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