2019 Ayawaso West by-election

The Ayawaso West by-election took place on 31 January 2019 after the death of the incumbent MP Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko on 21 November 2018.^[1] Lydia Alhassan of the New Patriotic Party was elected with 69% of the vote.^[2]

2019 Ayawaso West by-election

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First party Second party   NDC Candidate Lydia Alhassan Delali Brempong Party NPP NDC Popular vote 12,041 5,341 Percentage 68.80% 30.52%

MP before election Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremateng Agyarko NPP Elected MP Lydia Alhassan NPP

Violence

Violence erupted in the area of the La-Bawaleshie polling station two hours after the election had started, though there was no death recorded there were casualties. Ningo-Prampram MP Sam George was assaulted and 18 people were wounded by gunshot.^[3][4] According to YEN.com, the perpetrators were masked men and alleged to be National Security Operatives.^[5][6]

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Lydia Alhassan	New Patriotic Party	12,041	68.80
Delali Brempong	National Democratic Congress	5,341	30.52
William Doworkpor	Progressive People's Party	102	0.58
Clement Boadi	Liberal Party of Ghana	17	0.10
Invalid/blank voted		88	–
Total		17,859	100
Registered voters/turnout		88,710	19.83
Source: Joy Online Archived 2019-03-07 at the Wayback Machine

Commission

In February 2020, a 3-member commission was established by the GoG to investigate the violence during the by-election. It was claimed to be set-up by Mahamudu Bawumia with the permission of Nana Akufo-Addo.^[7]

See also

• Ejura Shooting