Lawyer Philip Addison has fought back to emerge the shocking winner of Saturday’s Parliamentary primary re-run of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Klottey Korle Constituency.
Results from the Electoral Commission, show that Mr. Addison in a rather close contest, polled 396 of the 763 votes cast, to beat his only contender, Nii Noi Nortey, who polled 367 votes.
Out of 790 delegates expected to cast their ballot, only 763 voted.
There were two rejected ballots.
Today’s elections came off peacefully but with heightened security at the party’s headquarters at Asylum Down, which is located in the constituency.
The security ostensibly became necessary following the tension that had existed between the two aspirants.
The re-run controversy
The results of today’s poll will somewhat give credence to Mr. Addison’s claim that the previous election held last which he boycotted, was a sham, hence his decision to annul the results in court.
In the previous election, Lawyer Addison only managed a meagre 22 votes, while Nii Noi Nortey garnered 393 votes, with the third contender, Nii Adjei Tawiah, who pulled out of today’s election to back Addison, managing 19 votes.
The fierce contest
Prior to today’s primary, the two men were brimming with confidence with Addison saying he would win because some men from the camp of his opponents had pitched camp with him because of some promises he made to them which had not been fulfilled.
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-Source: Citionline
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