<<Print>>

Voting has started in the Assin North constituency of the Central Region in the by-election being held today.

According to Peace FM's Prof. Ike who spoke to Kwami Sefa Kayi on the 'kokrokoo' programme Tuesday morning, voting started exactly at 7am as scheduled by the Electoral Commission amid heavy security presence.

Voter statistics 

Today’s poll will see 41,168 constituents expected to turn out at the 99 polling stations in Assin North in what has been described as a critical by-election that would determine who controls the country's legislature.

For the past few weeks the constituency has been a battle field as party bigwigs, including President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia and former President John Dramani Mahama had all joined the election campaign to canvass for votes for their respective parliamentary candidates.

Many voters have intimated that they would turn out massively to vote, rain or shine, for who should represent them in Parliament.



Background

The Assin North by-election has been occasioned by the eviction of the NDC MP, James Gyakye Quayson, following a court application over his allegiance to Canada at the time of filing to contest the election.

The NDC has put up Mr Quayson again to contest the seat and he is being challenged by the NPP’s Charles Opoku in a two-horse race, with the Liberal Party of Ghana also putting up Bernice Enyonam Sefenu.