Kumawu by-Election: NPP Candidate Ernest Yaw Annim Wins With Over 70 Per Cent Votes

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Ernest Yaw Annim has won the Kumawu by-election with over 70 per cent of the valid votes cast.

With 75 polling station votes collated by the Electoral Commission (EC) as of 8:30pm Wednesday night, Ernest Yaw Annim was leading with 14,195 votes which represented 70.32 percent.

The NDC candidate Kwasi Amankwaa had 3,569 votes representing 17.68 percent.

The two independent candidates, Kwaku Duah with a bird as his symbol had 2,362 votes representing 11.70 percent while the other Kwaku Duah with a hoe as his symbol had 61 votes representing 0.30 percent of the valid votes cast.