The case for Alexander Afenyo Markin….MP for Effutu
In an election the governing new patriotic party thought it was going to win by a landslide, it turned out difficult with a slim win both in the presidential and parliamentary elections. At the count the chairperson of the electoral commission, Jean Mensah declared President Akufo Addo winner with six million, seven hundred and thirty thousand and five hundred and eighty seven votes representing 51.302 percent.
His main rival John Dramani Mahama of the NDC polled six million two hundred and thirteen thousand one hundred and eighty two representing 47.359 percent. In the parliamentary elections, data from the electoral body put the governing NPP at 137, NDC at 136 and 1 for an independent candidate representing the Fomena constituency in the Ashanti region.
The seating balance cl...