NPP Retains Kumawu Seat As Ernest Yaw Anim Is Declared Winner
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Ernest Yaw Anim has been declared winner of the by-election in the Kumawu Constituency of the Ashanti Region.
Per the results declared by the Electoral Commission, Anim polled 15,264 (70.91%) of the total valid votes cast as against the National Democratic Congress' Kwasi Amankwaa who had 3,723 votes (17.29%).
The two independent candidates, Kwaku Duah with a bird as his symbol had 2478 votes representing 11.51% while the other Kwaku Duah with a hoe as his symbol had 62 votes representing 0.29% of the valid votes cast.