The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Lower West Akyem Constituency of the Eastern Region has given overwhelmed endorsement to Mr. Owen Kwame Frimpong to lead the Party as Parliamentary Candidate for 2024 General Election.
The election which was supposed to be held in May 2023 was finally held on 25th August due to internal legal issues from some of the aspirants and their supporters.
At the end of polls in Asamankese, Mr 𝑶𝒘𝒆𝒏 𝑲𝒘𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒈 pulled 1013 Votes to lead the Party.
His contenders, 𝑵𝒂𝒋𝒊𝒃 𝑵𝒖𝒉𝒖 𝑴𝒖𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊 had 38 votes and 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝑨𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒊 also had 113. 𝑹𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 votes were 6 and 𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑽𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕 – 1170 ,𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝑽𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕 – 1164 respectively.
Owen Kwame Frimpong is a 46-year-old Shipping Consultant.
In the 2020 Election, the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Lower West Akim, Charles Acheampong, won the seat for the party and polled 27, 527, to beat his main contender from the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Michael Adu-Sei, who garnered 19,744 votes.
Acheampong’s win affirms the dominance of the NPP in the constituency since 2000.
Source: mybrytfmonline/Mensah Atakora