The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suffered huge losses following the general elections on December 7, conceding the presidency and majority seats in Parliament to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) .
Prior to Wednesday’s polls, the NDC controlled the legislature as they held 148 seats to NPP’s 123 of the 275 seats.
However in a massive turnaround, the NPP look set to be the party with the largest number of seats in Parliament.
With the results from 266 constituencies provisionally declared, the NPP have won 170 of them to NDC’s 103,
If the results are certified as they are currently, the incoming government will control the legislature as well as the executive.
The results from Amasaman, Tamale Central, Bia East, Juaboso, Aowin, Suaman, Amenfi Central, Sefwui Akotombra, Upper West Akim are pending but will not change the outcome in Parliament.
The NDC have had a net loss of 52 Members of Parliament (MPs) from the last session while the NPP have seen a net gain of 46 MPs.
There are 125 new MPs with Ashanti Region recording the highest number of new legislators (25).
Greater Accra (18), Central Region (16) and Northern Region also recorded high numbers of new aspirants winning their seats.
133 MPs, however managed to avoid any upsets and successfully retained their seats, including 26 in the Ashanti Region, 20 in the Eastern Region and 18 in the Brong Ahafo Region.
The NDC retained all 12 of their seats in the Upper East Region and lost only one seat in the Volta Region in Krachi East.
However they made massive losses in the Central and Western Regions, losing 12 and 13 seats respectively having held a total of 34 seats in both regions prior to this year’s polls.
The Brong Ahafo and Northern Regions were less successful this time around as well as they lost 8 and 7 seats respectively.
The NPP, on the other hand, chalked impressive wins, capturing 12 new seats in the Central Region including George Andah’s famous win over Hanna Tetteh in Awutu Senya West.
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