Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from across the country went to the polls on Saturday, November 4, 2023, to determine who would become the party’s flagbearer for the 2024 elections.

The candidates included Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, former Agric Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, and Francis Addai-Nimoh, former Bantama MP.

Dr. Bawumia won the poll with 118,210 votes, representing 61.47, while his closest contender, Mr. Agyapong, received 71,996 votes, representing 37.41%.

Dr. Afriyie Akoto, who placed a distant third, received 1,459 votes, representing 0.76%, while Addai-Nimoh garnered a mere 781 votes, representing 0.38%.

This means that this percentage of delegates who voted against the vice president would have loved to have a different candidate leading the party into 2024 elections.