Director of Elections for the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP), Mr. Evans Nimako has disclosed that the party will open nominations for the constituencies that have sitting Members of Parliament on the 20th of December 2023.
Elections will however be held on 20th of January 2024, he added.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that anyone who has the wish to stand for the parliamentary seat will be allowed to buy forms and go through a vetting process and then be allowed to contest.
Delegates of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) from across the country went to the polls on Saturday, December 2, 2023, to vote for their parliamentary candidates in the party’s orphan constituencies for the 2024 elections.
The party organised the primaries in some 111 constituencies nationwide.
Jefferson Sackey and Rashid Bawa are among some NPP parliamentary primary contestants who won in their respective constituencies to contest on the party’s ticket in the 2024 general elections.
Jefferson Sackey, a Presidential Staffer, has won the Ablekuma Central New Patriotic Party parliamentary primary.
He polled 539 votes to beat three other contenders – Messrs Collins Amoah, Larry Anyetei Adjei and Ebenezer Nartey.
Mr Nartey, a former Member of Parliament, came third. He polled 441 votes.
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