The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tema East constituency is staging a fierce contest to unseat the New Patriotic Party candidate and incumbent, Titus Glover.<\/p>\n
The Tema East constituency is within the Tema Metropolitan Assembly.<\/p>\n
In 2012 it was split into two, with Tema Central being carved out of it.<\/p>\n
The constituency comprises areas like Community 1, Newtown, Harbour area , Bankuman and parts of the heavy industrial area.<\/p>\n
The constituency became the talk of town after the 2012 election when just three votes decided which of the two leading candidates would go to parliament to represent the people.<\/p>\n
Citi FM\u2019s election coverage team in charge of the Southern Zone, the Samurais visited the constituency to discover the interesting dynamics that could influence the votes on December 7.<\/p>\n
The Candidates<\/strong><\/p>\n Titus Glover who is the incumbent Member of Parliament, is an indigene of the area and has lived in the constituency for the better part of his life.<\/p>\n In 2012 he was elected to represent the NPP as its candidate in the constituency and won the seat at his first attempt.<\/p>\n Though the contest is expected to keener, the NPP is optimistic the seat will remain with the NPP in the upcoming election.<\/p>\n Speaking on Citi FM\u2019s Campaign Trail<\/strong>, Mr. Glover said he had embarked on a number of developmental projects hence deserves another term.<\/p>\n \u201cI can say that in these four years I have been in office I have managed to put people in few places. I provided one of the ultra modern toilet facilities in the constituency. Again when it comes to Community 1 major achievement under my administration is the fixing of the Kwasiagwaso market.”<\/p>\n The NPP may be confident of a win but the NDC are equally sure that this time around Kempes Ofosuware will prove to Titus that his victory was a fluke.<\/p>\n Speaking on Citi FM\u2019s Campaign Trail, Kempes said the NDC is poised for victory in 2016.<\/p>\n \u201cThe people know that when I was MCE I tried as much as possible to provide job opportunities for the teeming youth. We expanded the educational sector and I will continue with what I did for the people of Tema when I was MCE when voted for come December 2016.We are ready for victory\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Kempes Ofosuware who is the first NDC candidate to have secured the highest margin for the NDC was once the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tema.<\/p>\n Before that, he was the Assembly man for the Padmore Electoral area.<\/p>\n Voting trends in Tema East<\/strong><\/p>\n The NPP won the seat in 1996, 2000, 2004 , 2008 with wide margins until the last election in 2012 when the NDC gave the NPP, the biggest competition ever, led by its candidate Kempes Ofosuware.<\/p>\n He stretched Titus Glover to his limits, taking the contest to the wire and lost by just three votes.<\/p>\n The contest is expected to be even keener but the NPP still believes the seat will remain with the party.<\/p>\n Listen to the full episode of Campaign Trail below\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n