{"id":9085,"date":"2024-12-08T10:04:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T10:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=9085"},"modified":"2024-12-08T10:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T10:04:43","slug":"ursula-owusu-ekuful-loses-ablekuma-west-seat-to-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=9085","title":{"rendered":"Ursula Owusu-Ekuful loses Ablekuma West seat to NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, has lost her seat to the National Democratic Congress\u2019 Rev. Kweku Addo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This defeat marks a significant political shift in the constituency, as Rev. Addo\u2019s victory underscores growing support for the National Democratic Congress in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Owusu-Ekuful, a prominent figure in the NPP, had held the seat for multiple terms \u2013 since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-86726d0db982ad9dcb251a1dd3eafd2d ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cp-zxog0uT0?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a related development, other NPP bigwigs who also lost their parliamentary seats include \u2013 Henry Quartey. He lost the Ayawaso Central seat to NDC\u2019s Abdul Rauf Tubazu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NPP\u2019s Yendi MP, Farouk Aliu Mahama also lost the seat to the National Democratic Congress\u2019s candidate. Provisional results from the collation centre show that Abdul-Fataw Alhassan of the NDC had 30,707 votes as against Farouk Aliu Mahama\u2019s 29,819.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current NPP Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe, John Peter Amewu, has unexpectedly lost too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another surprise NPP defeat is Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, and MP for Sekondi, Andrew Agyapa Mercer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, has lost her seat to the National Democratic Congress\u2019 Rev. Kweku Addo. This defeat marks a significant political shift in the constituency, as Rev. Addo\u2019s victory underscores growing support for the National Democratic Congress in the area. 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