Nii Amasah Namoale
The people of La Dadekotopon Constituency after several hours of vote counting at the collation centers have chosen Vincent Sowah Odotei of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the new Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency.
Mr. Odotei pulled 40,126 votes out of a total of 79,678 votes to unseat the incumbent MP Nii Amasah Namoale, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who had 38,504 votes.
Cynthia Mensah of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) had 697 votes and came in third.
However, the constituency failed to follow the trend of the parliamentary results thereby voting for NDC in the presidential election. John Dramani Mahama pulled 42,025 votes to secure his lead while Nana Addo Dankwa Addo of the NPP had 37,119 votes.
Ivor Greenstreet of the Conventions People Party (CPP) had 98 votes, Nana Kunadu Agyemang Rawlings of the National Democratic Party, (NDP) had 34, Papa Kwesi Ndoum of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) had 595, Edward Mahama of the People’s National Congress (PNC) had 18 and Jacob Osei Yeboah had 15 votes.
Mr. Odotei addressing the media after the EC returning officer, Hackman-Kumi Attuah announced his victory at 12:30pm yesterday was excited at the victory expressing his appreciation to all who came out to vote for the NPP.
He also thanked his family and the youth especially for supporting him throughout the campaign and coalition of votes.
He said the future of the nation lies in the youth thus he was going to work with the youth to continue the development of the La Dadekotopon Constituency in the next four years.
Mr. Abraham Oko Kotey, Director of election for the NDC in the constituency conceding defeat said the lost came as a surprise to the Party.
‘We did what we were supposed to do as a constituency but the electorate decided otherwise so we will go and prepare well for next four years,” he said.
Mr. Kotey said the Party takes consolidation in retaining the NDC, as a party, in the constituency.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri