Mr Ernest Henry Norgbey, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, has secured the mandate to serve the constituency for a third term following his victory in the 2024 general election.
Out of 94,707 total votes cast, the incumbent MP garnered 65,083, representing 68.72 percent of the valid votes cast, surpassing his previous record.
His closest competitor, Mr Justice King Esseiel of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), polled 25,927.
Other contestants were Mr Heymann Emmanuel Kofi-Yesu of the Progressive People’s Party, who managed 295 votes, and independent candidate Mr Kuda Gadafi Adam, 2,261.
In his victory speech, Mr Norgbey assured the constituents of developmental initiatives in the coming years.
“The incoming government will prioritise road construction, sanitation projects, and, most importantly, employment,” he said.
He was declared the winner after hours of collation and firing of warning shots by the police at the St. Augustine Catholic Church collation centre when an electoral officer was accused of tampering with a ballot box.
Party agents who witnessed the alleged act raised an alarm, leading to an angry crowd attacking the individual involved.
As tensions escalated, police intervened by firing a warning shot to disperse the charged crowd.
Calm was swiftly restored, allowing the collation process to proceed to its conclusion.
