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Winner of 2008 Presidential Election Runoff would be
determined this Friday
Accra, Dec. 30, Ghanadot/GNA – The winner of 2008
Presidential Election Runoff would be determined after
voting in the Tain Constituency on Friday, Dr Kwadwo
Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC)
announced in Accra on Tuesday.
Speaking at a news conference, Dr Afari-Gyan said
mathematically the results from the constituency could
affect the outcome of the Runoff because the number of
voters in the constituency was more than the difference
between Professor John Evans Atta Mills of National
Democratic Congress (NDC) and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of
New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He announced that the results from 229 out of the 230
constituencies that have been certified by the EC, gave Prof
Mills 4,501,466 votes representing 50.13 per cent of total
valid votes cast while Nana Akufo-Addo garnered 4,478,411
votes representing 49.87 per cent.
Thus the difference of 23,055 votes could not give Prof
Mills the presidency since the number of voters in the Tain
constituency was more than the figure.
Prof Mills won in the Tain constituency during the 2008
General Election. He obtained 16,211 votes, representing
50.7 per cent, while Nana Akufo-Addo got 14,935 votes
representing 46.8 per cent.
Ahmed Ibrahim of NDC won the Parliamentary Election with
14,965 votes representing 48.1 per cent of the valid votes
cast, while Joe Danquah of NPP got 12,048 votes representing
38.7 per cent.
The Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region was carved out
of the Wenchi District. Its capital, Nsawkaw is a 40-minute
drive away from Wenchi.
The people are mainly farmers cultivating food crops,
especially maize and yams.
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