2010 New Patriotic Party presidential primary election

none The 2010 New Patriotic Party presidential primary election was a nationwide election organized by the Electoral Commission of Ghana at the request of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana for the election of a candidate that would represent the party in the 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections. It was held on 7 August 2010.LIVE UPDATE: Voting Underway In NPP Presidential Primary ... http://news1.ghananation.com/top-news/8783-live-update-voting-underway-in-npp-presidential-primary.html 2 May 2011 GhanaNation The New Patriotic Party is the biggest opposition party in the Parliament of Ghana with 107 members of parliament out of 230. The contestants The election contested by five aspirants. They were: Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng Isaac Osei Rev Kwame Koduah Mr. Alan John Kyeremateng Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Election day About 130,000 delegates were expected to exercise their franchise at 228 voting centres across the 10 regions in the country namely, Upper West, Upper East, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Central, Ashanti, Eastern, Western, Volta and Greater Accra regions.All set for NPP’s presidential primary http://news.myjoyonline.com/politics/201008/50277.asp dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100830013250/http://news.myjoyonline.com/politics/201008/50277.asp 30 August 2010 2 May 2011 MyJoyonline News The elections were conducted in 228 out of 230 constituencies in the country. There were no elections in two constituencies namely, Ablekuma South and North in the Greater Accra Region due to protracted court cases. Other constituencies like Obuasi, Subin and the latest, Asokwa, all in the Ashanti region which had also been bedeviled by lingering court cases have been cleared to vote. Meanwhile, NPP delegates have been warned to avoid going to polling centres wearing party paraphernalia. About 113,000 delegates are expected to cast their votes in the party's first expanded delegates’ conference where election would be done simultaneously in all constituencies across the country. The results At the end of elections Nana Akufo-Addo won an overwhelming majority of the votes to emerge as the winner of the elections.NPP Elections 2010 : President: National http://elections.peacefmonline.com/elections/nppvotes2010/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110722145925/http://elections.peacefmonline.com/elections/nppvotes2010/ 22 July 2011 2 May 2011 PeaceFmOnline The table below shows the entire national results obtained by each of the candidates. Position Name Votes Percentage First Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 83,361 77.92% Second Alan John Kyerematen 21,820 20.40% Third Isaac Osei 1,109 1.04% Forth Prof. Frimpong-Boateng 398 0.37% Fifth Rev Kwame Koduah 294 0.27% The winner Nana Akufo-Addo who won the election had earlier represented the party as the leader in the Ghanaian presidential election in 2008. He lost to the current president of Ghana, John Atta Mills. Nana Akufo-Addo is the son of Edward Akufo, a former president of Ghana.Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo Profile: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=253 5 May 2011 GhanaWeb. References External links Official website New Patriotic Category:Elections in Ghana Category:New Patriotic Party