A total of 6,640 delegates are expected to vote in the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary in all eleven constituencies in the Upper West Region.
The number comprised 6115 polling station executives, 293 electoral area executives, 187 constituency executives, 13 TESCON executives, 17 regional executives, eleven Municipal and District Chief Executives, three Members of Parliament (MPs), and the Regional Minister.
In the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa Constituency, 352 delegates were expected to vote, 702 in the Jirapa Constituency, Lambussie constituency 412, Lawra Constituency 462, Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency 582, Nandom constituency 457.
The rest were: Sissala East constituency 497, Sissala West Constituency 487, Wa East Constituency 617, Wa Central Constituency 1017 and Wa West Constituency 717 delegates.
Dr. Daniel Dawda Tanko, the Upper West Regional Secretary of the NPP, revealed this to Info Radio.
He said preparations were advanced for the conduct of the elections in the region under the charge of the electoral commission.
The NPP will be going to the polls on November 4, 2023, to choose one candidate among four aspirants to lead the party into the 2024 general election. The four aspirants were: the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia; the MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong; the former Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie; and the former MP for Mampong, Francis Addai-Nimoh. The election would take place in the various constituencies across all 16 regions of the country.