A total of 111 members of the seventh Parliament will not be part of the eighth Parliament which is expected to be inaugurated on 7th December 2021.
Out of the 275 seats in the seventh Parliament, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had 169, while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had 106 but most lost internal election while others were defeated in General election held on 7th December.
After the general election, a total of 33 incumbent NPP Members of Parliament (MPs) lose their seats, while 41 had lost their constituency primaries earlier in the year, with four voluntarily retiring.
For the NPP, 78 members will not make it to the eighth Parliament while for the NDC, 18 MPs lost their re-election bid in Monday’s election, eight had lost their primaries in 2017, with seven voluntarily retiring.
This means that 33 NDC MPs will not return to the house.
The seventh Parliament of Ghana reconvenes today, December 14, 2020, at 10 am after the December 7 general election.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
