Ewurabena Aubynn grabbed the Ablekuma North parliamentary seat after a nail-biting rerun that crushed three decades of New Patriotic Party control. The National Democratic Congress candidate squeaked past her opponent by just 209 votes when Electoral Commission officials finished counting ballots from 281 polling stations. Aubynn pulled 34,090 votes while Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie managed 33,881 votes in the Friday showdown. The rerun settled a messy dispute from December elections that left the constituency without representation for six months. Officials recorded 411 rejected ballots during the process.
Violence marred the otherwise peaceful voting day as former Fisheries Minister Mavis Hawa Koomson reportedly faced assault. A police...