Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has won the 2023 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Primaries with 118,210 votes, representing 61.47% of the total valid votes cast.
He was declared winner by the Electoral Commission at the Accra Sports Stadium, on Saturday, 4th November, 2023, after his contenders, Honourable Kennedy Ohene Agyapong (Assin Central Member of Parliament) polled 71,996 votes, representing 37.41%, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto (former Minister for Agriculture) polled 1,459 votes, representing 0.76% and Honourable Francis Addai-Nimoh (former Member of Parliament of Mampong) polled 781 votes, representing 0.41%.
Dr. Bawumia’s victory has been described as a historic one as he is the first NPP flagbearer aspirant to have won an election with over 60% votes since 1992 and the first NPP flagbearer who hails from the Northern part of the country since 1992.
His contenders expressed satisfaction in the outcome of the election and promised to join forces with him to break the eight year governance cycle in the country in the upcoming general elections.
