The National Democratic Congress (NDC) now knows its regional chairmen in 13 of its 16 regions, after delegates voted at regional conferences across the country on Saturday.
The Central result has not been declared, and results from Oti and Savannah are still pending. We will update this table as they are declared.
Voting started late in some regions. In Ashanti, where security was heavy at the election centre, it had not begun by early afternoon.
Regional chairmen, region by region
The races that stood out
The biggest upset came in Greater Accra, where Benjamin Danso unseated the sitting chairman, Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, by more than 500 votes.
Sitting chairmen also lost in Bono East and Upper West.
In the Northern Region, Godfred Apasinaba Wumbei won with 328 votes to Alhaji Tanko Maida’s 236.
The Northern conference was halted for about five minutes over the treasurer’s race, which Mohammed Suhuyini Sulemana won by 298 votes to 292.
Supporters of the runner-up, Alhassan Osman Gomda, broke chairs and tables, and one person was arrested before the declarations resumed.
In Ashanti, Augustus Andrews Nana Kwasi kept his seat with 814 votes to former regional organiser Isham Alhassan Yaw Bonsu’s 622.
Upper East’s Alhaji Bolnaba has led the region since December 2005. He won this time with a 220-vote margin.
In Bono, Nyamekye-Marfo took more than 90% of the vote. He had been returned unopposed in 2018 and 2022, so this was the first time he faced a challenger.
In Bono East, Ali Abubakar Donkor polled 155 votes to unseat Unas Owusu, who had 118. A third candidate, Baba Shaibu, had 107.
In Upper West, procurement consultant Alhaji Alhassan Adam, known as Randy, beat the sitting chairman, Abdul Nasir Saani Bunas, by 196 votes to 164. He had lost to Bunas in 2022.
In Ahafo, Owusu Nkrumah Ababio won with 106 votes to Joseph Baradoe’s 94, in results certified by the Electoral Commission’s regional director.
The Central result has not been formally declared. A provisional count put lawyer Obeng Inkoom ahead of the sitting chairman, Richard Asiedu, by 372 votes to 364.
Asiedu has demanded a recount, and police have guarded the ballot boxes while officials decide.
In the Western Region, the Apinto royal family had petitioned the party to bar Nana Toku. They argued that he is a gazetted chief and that the Constitution keeps chiefs out of active party politics.
Nana Toku kept the seat anyway, with 225 votes to Samuel Kwame Borlu’s 209.
How the vote worked
The Electoral Commission conducted the polls and the police led security. Delegates had to vote in person, because proxy voting was not allowed.
The youth and women’s organisers and their deputies were chosen at separate wing conferences, most of them on Friday. In Greater Accra, Mohammed Abdul Muqmin Juda won the youth organiser race with 103 votes to 26.
The main conferences elected the rest of each regional executive, including the vice-chairmen, secretary, organiser, treasurer, communications officer and Zongo caucus coordinator.
Delegates included constituency executives, the region’s MPs, ministers, district chief executives and party elders.
What comes next
The regional polls come ahead of the NDC’s National Congress on 19 December, where the party will elect its national officers.
The Chief of Staff, Dr Julius Debrah, had urged winners to unite with the candidates they beat. Candidates for the national chairmanship, among them Akwasi Oppong Fosu, are already campaigning.
