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NDC's Gyakye Quayson leads in Assin North by-election

James Gyakye Quayson with John Mahama
James Gyakye Quayson with John Mahama
The parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/assin-north-igp-ordering-mps-bodyguards-to-hand-over-weapons-unconstitutional/qdn16jy">James Gyakye Quayson</a> is leading in the Assin North by-election.
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Provisional results put him ahead of the New Patriotic Party's (NDC) Charles Opoku and the Liberal Party of Ghana's (LPG) Bernice Enyonam Sefenu.

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Quayson secured 57.4% of the votes (17,205) while Charles Opoku followed with 11,389 votes (42%).

Sefenu trailed behind with 85 votes (0.28%).

The Electoral Commission (EC) is yet to declare the official results of the by-election.

James Gyakye Quayson
James Gyakye Quayson
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But Quayson took to his Facebook page to thank the people of Assin North Constituency for giving him another chance.

In the 2020 elections, Gyakye Quayson secured 17,498 representing 55.2% whiles Abena Durowaa Mensah of the NPP polled 14,193 representing 44.8%.

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