Opposition gains in Ghana

By M.S. Prabhakara

ACCRA: First results in Ghana's general elections have gone predominantly in favour of the National Patriotic Party, the principal opposition party in Ghana. At noon on Friday (5.30 p.m. IST), the ruling National Democratic Congress won only in two parliamentary constituencies in Brong-Ahafo and Upper Region, in contrast to the NPP which had won in 25 constituencies. The NDC has not won a single seat till now in the Greater Accra Region (22) and the Ashanti Region (33), which together account for more than a quarter of the total number of constituencies (200). In all the results declared till now, the party that has won in the Parliamentary poll has also won the Presidential poll. In the elections four years ago, while the President, Mr. Jerry Rawlings, won in 140 constituencies, his party, the NDC won only in 133 constituencies. However, till now the NPP nominee for President, Mr. John Kufor, has carried all the constituencies that the NPP contestants for Parliament have won.

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