On June 29, 2023, Koku Anyidoho, a former deputy general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), posted on social media to congratulate his party on their success in the Assin North bye-election.
In this constituency, the NDC won decisively.
The Electoral Commission of Ghana announced James Gyakye Quayson as the Member of Parliament-elect for the Assin North constituency on June 27, 2023, following the recent Assin North bye-election.
17,245 votes, or 57.56% of the total votes cast, went to Mr. Quayson. Charles Opoku of the NPP, who was his main rival, received 12,630 votes, or 42.15 percent of the total. 87 votes, or 0.29% of the total, went to Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the Liberal Party of Ghana.
Congratulations to my NDC for winning the Assin North Seat. The NPP won Kumawu, we have won Assin North: Status-quo ante 💪
— Samuel Koku Anyidoho🇬🇭 (@KokuAnyidoho) June 29, 2023
Relatively, Assin North by-election results on Tuesday resulted in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) losing its bid for a parliamentary seat, and a Polling Station Executive blames Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the party’s defeat.
Mr. Dominic Owoahene speaking in an interview on Metro TV monitored by InsightNewsgh.com, he accused Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of interfering and projecting himself during their campaign prior to the Assin North by-election.
He said while they were on the ground canvassing vote for NPP’s candidate Charles Opoku, Dr. Bawumia was busy projecting himself.
According to him, during their last campaign at Assin North constituency, Dr. Bawumia and his entourage walked through the crowd while Mr. Alan Kyeremanten was speaking to the supporters.
Mr. Dominic Owoahene claimed that the actions of the Vice President drew the attention of the NPP supporters to himself and making Alan Kyeremanten looking less of important.
