General News of Tuesday, 3 March 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comUnconfirmed results of the just-ended Ayawaso East parliamentary by-election, sighted by GhanaWeb, show that the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Baba Jamal, has won the election. According to the results, Baba Jamal garnered about 10,803 votes, representing 63.33% of the total votes cast. The Ayawaso East by-election was necessitated by the demise of the NDC Member of Parliament (MP), Naser Toure Mahama. Five men — NDC’s Baba Jamal, NPP’s Baba Ali Yussif, Ibrahim Iddrisu of the Liberal People’s Party (LPP), as well as independent candidates Alhaji Mohammed Umaru Sanda and David Kannor — contested in the March 3, 2026, by-election. The Ayawaso East Constituency has been in existence since the creation of the Fourth Republic, which implies that the constituency has had nine parliamentary elections.

Source: GhanaWeb March 03, 2026 21:32 UTC