Two sitting Members of Parliament in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis will not be returning to the August House in 2025 as they lost their respective primaries.
Joseph Cudjoe, MP for Effia and Minister of State in charge of Public Enterprise, together with the first time MP for Shama, Erickson Abakah, lost the primaries.
Four others – George Mireku Duker – Tarkwa, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah -Takoradi, John Sennie – Mpohor and Dr. Prince Hamid Armah – Kwemintsim were retained.
In the case of Erickson Abakah, his own bankroller, Isaac Kwamina Afful, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lower Pra Rural Bank denied him the chance to go back to Parliament.
It is not known whether there is a rift between the two, a reason the bankroller decided to contest him. Afful polled 363 votes to beat Abakah, who came second with 248 votes.
Former DCE for Shama, Joseph Amoah, who was recently called to the Bar came third with abysmal 21 votes.
In Effia constituency, the signs were boldly written on the wall that incumbent and Minister of State in charge of Public Enterprise and three time MP, Joseph Cudjoe, was going to lose to new entrant, Yaw Boamah, a lawyer and deputy Commissioner at Ghana Revenue Authority.
So it was not surprising when at the end of the poll, Yaw Boamah beat the incumbent, polling a whopping 321 votes as against 164 for the incumbent.
In Takoradi, incumbent MP and Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah showed that he has firm grip over the delegates, despite the fact that the primary was keenly contested.
One of his contenders, Kakraba Sam, who was disqualified in the 2020 primary, for instance, was very optimistic to unseat the sitting MP.
But in the end, MP Kobby beat his two contenders by polling 339 votes. Kakraba Sam got 276 votes whilst Richard Addison, son of late Addison, a bankroller of the party in Takoradi, polled 1 vote.
In the Kwesimintsim constituency, Dr. Prince Hamid Armah managed to beat Dr. Yaa Pokua, a Lecturer at Takoradi Technical University to remain the candidate for the party, going into the 2024 parliamentary elections.
In the Mpohor constituency, an attempt by former MP, Alex Agyekum, to stage a comeback did not materialise, as incumbent John Sennie floored him again for the second time.
Alex Agyekum only managed an abysmal 70 votes whilst the incumbent carried the day with 286 votes.
Below are the votes per each constituency;
Shama:
Isaac Afful 363
Erickson Abakah 248
Joseph Amoah 21
Tarkwa:
Mireku Duker 1187
Godson Boateng 22
Francis Ellison 46
Mpohor:
Alex Agyekum 70
Thomas Sennie 286
Ahanta West:
John Agyare 139
Eric Pobee 431
Benedict Appau 256
John Yankey 67
Effia:
