General News of Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Source: 3news.com
Lawyer Andrew Egyapa Mercer has retained his seat as the Member of Parliament for Sekondi Constituency for the next four years.
Out of the 91 polling stations in the Constituency, Mercer won 87 with his closest rival, Charles Hagan, who stood on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), winning the rest.
Egyapa Mercer retained the seat with a total number of 17,259 votes.
Presidential
NPP: 17,807
NDC: 9,789
GUM: 307
CPP: 21
GFP: 11
GCPP: 2
APC: 4
LPG: 3
PNC: 3
PPP: 5
IND: 6
Total Valid Votes: 27,961
Total Invalid Votes: 367
Parliamentary
Andrew Agyapa Mercer (NPP): 17, 259
Charles Hagan (NDC): 10,310
Eleanor Appiah (GUM): 468
Total Valid Cast: 28,087
Total Invalid Votes: 237
Since the creation of the Sekondi Constituency seat in 1992, the National Democratic Congress have won it only once – in 1992 and have since lost it to the New Patriotic Party in subsequent elections.