MR Prince Jacob Hayibor, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe North, has retained the mandate of the NDC to contest the general election in December.
He beat three other contestants with 117 votes in the primary held at Huh last week Tuesday.
A former Hohoe North Constituency Chairman of NDC, Mr Elliot Nestor Akototse, came second with 90 votes.
The two other contestants — Mrs Bernice Afi Heloo and Mr Victor Condobbrey — had 64 and four votes, respectively.
All the losers conceded defeat and pledged to support Mr Hayibor in order to retain the seat in the general election.
The election was supervised by Mr David Acheampong, the Hohoe District Officer of the Electoral Commission.
NDC MP FOR AKAN CONSTITUENCY FAILS TO GET NOD
THE National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Akan, Mr John Cudjoe Gyapong, failed to get the nod from delegates to contest the 2008 general election on the ticket of the party.
At the primary held at Dodo-Amanfrom in the Kadjebi District of the Volta Region, Joseph Kwaku Ofori, the Assembly Member for the Kadjebi Central Electoral Area, emerged the winner among five other contestants with 93 votes.
Mr Gyapong, who came second, had 54 votes, while the other three contestants — Mr Nicholas Fato, Mr Kwao Yaidoo and Mr Seth Alifu — polled 34, 10 and one, respectively.
The Kadjebi District Electoral Office, led by Mr Ernest Adomah, conducted the election.
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