Updates: Provisional results from NPP Primaries

The polls have closed at centres across the country as far as the New Patriotic Primary (NPP) Presidential Primary is concerned.

For now, counting is underway as Electoral Commission officials announce results from the regions.

Here at your #ElectionHQ, we provide you with real-time updates of the results.

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is leading the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary, according to totaled data.

According to preliminary data, Dr. Bawumia received 118210 votes, or 61.43% of the total, while Mr. Agyapong, his closest competitor, received 71991 votes, or 37.41%.

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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary was won by Ghana’s vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

Three other candidates were beaten by Dr. Bawumia: Kennedy Agyapong, the vocal MP for Assin Central; Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a former minister of agriculture; and Francis Addai-Nimoh, a former MP for Mampong.

Dr. Afriyie Akoto placed third by securing 1459 votes representing 0.76% while Addai-Nimoh garnered a meagre 781 representing 0.41%.

A total of 193339 delegates voted in Saturday’s presidential primary.

The total valid votes were 192, 441 with 898 votes rejected. Turn out was 94.63%

This critical poll involves over 200,000 party delegates and is seen as a pivotal step in breaking the eight-year election cycle pattern in Ghana.

The delegates, who make up the Electoral College comprise Members of Parliament, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, ministers and their deputies, foundation members of the NPP, members of the party’s National Council and patrons and council of elders.

The rest are regional party officers, constituency officers, constituency patrons, constituency elders, electoral area coordinators, polling station executives, overseas branches and members of Tescon, the tertiary students’ wing of the party.

It had been predicted Bawumia was going to win with a larger margin but as promised, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong gave him a “showdown”.