The wife of the late Member of Parliament for Mfantseman, Ophelia Hayford has been declared winner of the seat by the Electoral Commission (EC) at Saltpond after several hours of collation characterized by few misunderstandings Tuesday morning.
The returning officer, Samuel Yamson declared Madam Ophelia Mensah Hayford of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) winner over two other candidates from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Ghana Union Movement (GUM).
Hajia Alijatu Ibrahim managed only 911 votes representing 1.31%.
Mrs. Ophelia obtained 36,091 votes representing 51.83% while her close contender, NDC’s James Essuon also gained 32,379 votes representing 46.76%.
The Constituency has 91,134 registered voters in 36 electoral areas where 220 polling stations are located.
A total of 70,233 people cast their votes and 862 of which were rejected.
BY:PRISCILLA ADOMAA NTIM
