NDC has captured Parliament with 41 seats - Asiedu Nketia
The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has is claiming parliamentary victory in the just-ended election with 141 out of the 270 seats.
Read full articleAt a press conference held at the party headquarters in Accra on Tuesday, General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the NDC will form the majority in the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
“We can report that out of the 275 constituencies, the NDC has won 141 and that puts us in a clear majority…our collation so far indicates that our candidate John Mahama is ahead.
“We are expecting the Electoral Commission to very soon come out to declare him President of Ghana,” Asiedu Nketia said.
At an earlier press conference, the NDC claimed victory in 140 constituencies.
Meanwhile, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is also claiming victory in at least three regions.
General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, said at a press conference that the governing party has secured the most seats in Parliament and was also leading in the presidential race.
He said the party’s collation of electoral results show that the NPP has taken over regions that were formally controlled by the opposition party.
He said the NPP now controls three out of the five regions of the north.
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