{"id":275486,"date":"2016-12-08T08:19:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T08:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=275486"},"modified":"2016-12-08T08:19:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T08:19:13","slug":"ghelections-don-athur-fails-to-unseat-afenyo-markin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/ghelections-don-athur-fails-to-unseat-afenyo-markin\/","title":{"rendered":"#GhElections: Don Athur fails to unseat Afenyo Markin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outspoken Member of Parliament for the Effutu constituency in the Central Region, Alex Afenyo Markin has retained the seat for the New Patriotic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Provisional figures sighted by <strong>Citi News<\/strong> show that Mr. Afenyo Markin polled 21,403 while his National Democratic Congress (NDC) contender, Eric Don Arthur, had 11, 748.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135189\" style=\"width: 713px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135189\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/don-arthur.jpg\" alt=\"Don Arthur\" width=\"713\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/don-arthur.jpg 713w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/don-arthur-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don Arthur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Progressive People\u2019s Party\u2019 (PPP) parliamentary nominee for the area, Nana Ofori Owusu who had vowed to unseat the Effutu MP also managed with 1,571 votes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_210489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210489\" style=\"width: 663px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-210489\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ppp-efutu-parliamentary-candidate-nana-ofori-owusu.jpg\" alt=\"PPP parliamentary candidate for Efutu Constituency\" width=\"663\" height=\"437\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-210489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PPP parliamentary candidate for Efutu Constituency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Afenyo Markin was elected to Parliament in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Though a first timer, the NPP legislator had led a number of crusades against some policies adopted by the governing NDC.<\/p>\n<p>Notable among them is the fight against the sale of adb\u2019s IPO [Initial Public Offer].<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outspoken Member of Parliament for the Effutu constituency in the Central Region, Alex Afenyo Markin has retained the seat for the New Patriotic Party. Provisional figures sighted by Citi News show that Mr. Afenyo Markin polled 21,403 while his National Democratic Congress (NDC) contender, Eric Don Arthur, had 11, 748. 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