Voting underway in 99 polling stations across Assin North
By: Edzorna Francis Mensah Voting has begun in about Ninety-Nine (99) Polling Stations and about Fouty-One Thousand (41,000) registered Voters are expected to vote for three (3) Parliamentary Candidates. In a related development, hundreds of Members of Parliament have abandoned Parliamentary business for Tuesday, 27th June 2023 for the Assin North Parliamentary by-election. MPs from […]
All set for Assin North by-election today
Residents of Assin North in the Central region are voting in the constituency’s parliamentary by-election today. The seat became vacant when the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision declared as unconstitutional and therefore null and avoid the election of NDC MP, James Gyekye Quayson in 2020. He was found to have been ineligible at the […]
IGP meets NPP, NDC and EC highlighting ‘fair play’ ahead of Assin North by-election
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Dr. George Akufo Dampare has held a meeting with Executives of the New Patriotic Party, NPP and the National Democratic Congress, NDC, over the Assin North by-election. The meeting, held at the Assin State College Senior High School, SHS aimed to promote dialogue, understanding and cooperation between the political […]
CODEO on allegations of Vote Buying in Assin-North; deploys 15 observers for by-election
By: Seth Ayiah The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers, CODEO, says it has deployed 15 Observers to monitor proceedings at 12 specially selected electoral areas in the Assin North Constituency. There will also be two other Observers who will roam all the polling stations. Speaking to GBC News, the National Coordinator of CODEO, Albert Arhin, […]
NPP opens nominations today for Assin North by-election
The New Patriotic Party, NPP, has opened nominations today for the Assin North by-election in the Central Region. The NPP’s internal primary follows a declaration by Parliament that the Assin North Parliamentary seat is vacant after the Supreme Court ruled on the eligibility of James Gyakye Quayson in occupying the Assin North seat. The Supreme […]
EC readies for Kumawu by-election
The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured all stakeholders in the upcoming Kumawu by-election in the Ashanti Region that the electoral management body is adequately prepared to conduct the elections as mandated. In an interview with the Ashanti Regional Director of the EC, Benjamin Bano-Bioh last Wednesday (May 17), he stressed that the EC had made […]
EC steps up preparation towards free, fair and transparent parliamentary by-election in Kumawu
By: Nicholas Osei-Wusu The Electoral Commission, EC, says it has stepped up its preparation towards a free, fair and transparent parliamentary By-election in the Kumawu Constituency in the Ashanti region next month. Speaking with GBC NEWS‘ Ashanti Regional Correspondent Nicholas Osei-Wusu in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional Director of the Commission, Mr. Benjamin Bannor-Bioh, disclosed that, […]
Ernest Yaw Anim wins NPP Kumawu by-election
By Nicholas Osei-Wusu Ahead of May 2023 by-election at Kumawu in the Ashanti region, the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP has held its primaries which chose 38 year old Chartered Accountant, Ernest Yaw Anim from Bodomase as its Candidate. Mr. Anim polled 195 out of the 419 votes cast to emerge as the winner but […]
