Incumbent MP, Cynthia Morrison loses Agona West parliamentary bidThe incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Agona West constituency, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has been defeated in the Saturday NPP parliamentary primaries.She lost her bid to represent the party to Chris Arthur. The chairperson of the Communications Committee of Parliament polled 152 against Arthur’s 240 votes.Delegates in the constituency could not participate in the parliamentary primary held on January 27 following an injunction application secured by one of the aspirants, Joseph Afankwa, for his disqualification.After a three- to four-month legal battle, the party slated April 13 for the primary, with Joseph Adankwa participating in the contest.About 900 delegates cast their votes in today’s exercise.The exercise was peaceful and smooth, except for a few delegates who could not find their names in the album but were sorted out later.The outcome of the primaries shows that Madam Morrison will join the list of 28 NPP incumbent Members of Parliament who were defeated in the January 27 parliamentary election held across the nation.AGONA WEST NPP PARLIAMENTARY PRIMARY RESULTSNumber of expected delegates = 956Number of votes casted = 718Rejected ballots = 41. Chris Arthur 2402. Yawson Otoo 1683. Ben Yamoah 2214. Cynthia Mamle Morrison 1525. Joseph Afankwah 155Incumbent MP, Cynthia Morrison loses Agona West parliamentary bidThe incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Agona West constituency, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has been defeated in the Saturday NPP parliamentary primaries.She lost her bid to represent the party to Chris Arthur. The chairperson of the Communications Committee of Parliament polled 152 against Arthur’s 240 votes.Delegates in the constituency could not participate in the parliamentary primary held on January 27 following an injunction application secured by one of the aspirants, Joseph Afankwa, for his disqualification.After a three- to four-month legal battle, the party slated April 13 for the primary, with Joseph Adankwa participating in the contest.About 900 delegates cast their votes in today’s exercise.The exercise was peaceful and smooth, except for a few delegates who could not find their names in the album but were sorted out later.The outcome of the primaries shows that Madam Morrison will join the list of 28 NPP incumbent Members of Parliament who were defeated in the January 27 parliamentary election held across the nation.AGONA WEST NPP PARLIAMENTARY PRIMARY RESULTS
Number of expected delegates = 956
Number of votes casted = 718
Rejected ballots = 41.
1.Chris Arthur 240
2. Yawson Otoo 168
3. Ben Yamoah 221
4. Cynthia Mamle Morrison 152
5. Joseph Afankwah 155
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