The National Democratic Congress (NDC) now knows its regional chairmen in 11 of its 16 regions, after delegates voted at regional conferences across the country on Saturday.
Results from Ahafo, Central, Oti, Savannah and Upper West are still pending. We will update this table as they are declared.
Votes are the winner’s tally where the count was announced.
The races that stood out
The biggest upset came in Greater Accra, where Benjamin Danso unseated the sitting chairman, Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore.
In the Northern Region, Godfred Apasinaba Wumbei won with 328 votes to Alhaji Tanko Maida’s 236.
In Ashanti, Augustus Andrews Nana Kwasi kept his seat with 814 votes to former regional organiser Isham Alhassan Yaw Bonsu’s 622.
Upper East’s Alhaji Bolnaba has led the region since December 2005. He won this time with a 220-vote margin.
The Central result has not been declared. The sitting chairman, Richard Asiedu, has demanded a recount after reports that he lost, Citi Newsroom reported.
In the Western Region, the Apinto royal family had petitioned the party to bar Nana Toku. They argued that he is a gazetted chief and that the Constitution keeps chiefs out of active party politics.
How the vote worked
The Electoral Commission conducted the polls and the police led security. Delegates had to vote in person, because proxy voting was not allowed.
The youth and women’s organisers and their deputies were chosen at separate wing conferences, most of them on Friday. In Greater Accra, Mohammed Abdul Muqmin Juda won the youth organiser race with 103 votes to 26.
The main conferences elected the rest of each regional executive, including the vice-chairmen, secretary, organiser, treasurer, communications officer and Zongo caucus coordinator.
Delegates included constituency executives, the region’s MPs, ministers, district chief executives and party elders.
What comes next
The regional polls come ahead of the NDC’s National Congress on 19 December, where the party will elect its national officers.
