Incumbent National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, Nii Ashie Moore, has lost his bid to a rather new entrant, Mohammed Ramadan, the son of Alhaji Ramadan, National Chairman of the People’s National Convention, PNC.
Mohammed Ahmed Ramadan, who was not tipped to pose a tough competition to the incumbent, rather polled a staggering 2,387 representing 59.4% votes of the total votes cast.
Ahmed Radaman, with a finance background, is a presidential staffer believed to have received massive backing from the presidency.
The incumbent MP Ashie Moore polled 1,130 representing 28.12%, whiles Mallam Issah, a one-time incarcerated sports Minister in the NPP administration, managed a scanty 97 2.1% of the total votes cast.
The other contender, a former Municipal Chief Executive, Kakra Vanlare, who was considered a major threat to the incumbent MP, rather polled 368 representing 9.1% of the total votes cast.
Mr. Vanlare was a close ally of Mr. Ashie Moore, but fell out with him.
The NDC’s candidate will now be pitted against the NPP’s Yaw Buabeng Asamoah in the 2016 elections.
The Adentan Constituency, created in 2004 after it was carved out of the Ashaiman Constituency, is notoriously known for changing legislators in every election.
The first MP to have represented the NDC in Parliament in the constituency was Kojo Adu Asare.
Even though he won the seat by 20, 230 votes representing 54.3% of the total votes, he was not retained after 2008.
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By: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie/citifmonline.com/Ghana