When the Electoral Commission (EC) began compiling the results on Tuesday evening for the Assin North seat by-election, James Gyakye Quayson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) gained an early lead.
At 9:50 p.m., James Gyakye Quayson was pronounced the winner by election returning officer Kofi Tsibu, who raised his hand at the Youth Center in Assin Bereku.
Quayson received 17,245 votes, or 57.56 percent of the total valid votes cast, while Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party received 12,630 votes, or 42.15 percent.
Sefenu Bernice Enyonam, a candidate for the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), received 87 votes, or 0.29 percent.
According to Mr. Gyakye Quayson, his victory was a victory for the good conscience of Ghanaians who were unaffected by wealth.
He said he was unconcerned by the "injustices meted" out to him since he knew he had the support of his constituency, the NDC fraternity, and even NPP supporters who said the election results had spoken for themselves.
He claimed that the victory was a renewal of faith in him and vowed to cooperate with the NDC and his constituents to hasten the development of the region.
Out of the total 30,418 votes cast, 29,962 were deemed valid, giving a 74.23 percent turnout.
Gyakye Quayson won the 2020 Assin North parliamentary election with 17,498 votes, or 55.21 percent, defeating NPP candidate Abena Durowaa Mensah, who received 14,193 votes, or 44.79 percent.
By 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, there were already rumblings that Quayson would keep his parliamentary seat in Assin North.
Officials with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had revealed some data that indicated James Quayson, the party's candidate, would win.
As a result, NDC members in the district went into a jubilant mood, with many dousing themselves in white powder.
We've lost it, says NPP's IT Director.
The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Director of IT, Eric Ntori, told Joy News that the NPP has lost its way and that the party will do its homework while addressing to the media at the collation center.
He said, "Things didn't go well for us," and he added that the party would start over and return in 2024 to "snatch" the seat back for the NPP.
Assin South and Assin North were the two constituencies that once existed in the Assin area of the Central Region.
Since 2001, Prof. Dominic Fobih and Kennedy Ohene Agyapong have held the south and north seats for the NPP for three consecutive terms each.
Kennedy Agyapong's district became Assin Central in 2012 after the Electoral Commission divided the Assin Central seat.
Samuel Ambre helped the NDC win the Assin North seat in 2012.
With Abena Durowaa Mensah, the NPP stole it from the NDC in 2016.
In 2020, the NDC regained control as James Gyakye Quayson defeated Abena Durowaa Mensah, the outgoing president.
In the past, Quayson held citizenship in both Ghana and Canada.
He started the process by applying to relinquish his Canadian citizenship before the 2020 parliamentary election, but he hadn't yet gotten his renunciation certificate when he filed his contest with the EC.
Quayson was still a Canadian citizen at the time he applied with the Electoral Commission to run in the 2020 election, which made him ineligible, according to the Supreme Court's interpretation of the 1992 Constitution, which states that Quayson was not eligible since he had not obtained his renunciation certificate.
As a result, the seat was declared empty and the Assin North 2020 parliamentary election results were nullified.
He was consequently now qualified to run, and the NDC approved him to re-contest because he currently has his certificate rennouncing his Canadian citizenship after receiving it later in 2020.
Charles Opoku became a target for the NPP.
Sammy Gyamfi, the communications officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), stated earlier at a press conference on Tuesday night that the victory was more convincing than the 3,500 votes Gyakye Quayson received in 2020.
Long into the night, celebrations lasted in the towns.
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