Mr Alfred Vanderpuije polled 19,984 votes against his rival Jerry Ahmed Shiab from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who garnered 16,524 votes.

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The other candidates, Goodman Baah of the National Democratic Party polled 9 votes while the Progressive People’s Party’s Ishmael Paa Kwesi Longdon polled 117 votes.

An independent candidate Abdullahi Obadia Squire got 49 votes.

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The results are all provisional although the Electoral Commission is yet to certify the results.