NPP tally up

By M. S. Prabhakara

CAPE TOWN, JAN. 6. The strength of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana's 200-member Parliament has gone up to 100, with the victory of its candidate, Ms Cecilia Gyan Amoah, from Asutifi South constituency in Brong- Ahafo Region in the rescheduled poll held on Wednesday.

She defeated, among others, the sitting MP of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Colin Dauda, by a margin of over 8,000 votes.

The NPP had won 99 of the 199 parliamentary constituencies where polling took place on Dec. 7. Polling in Asutifi South was countermanded consequent upon the death of the NPP candidate, Philip Amoah. The NPP nominated his widow, Ms Cecilia Amoah, as its candidate in the rescheduled poll.

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