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Election 2020: Afenyo-Markin tops Central Region, he should be rewarded - John Boadu Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has won the admiration and commendation of his party leadership after he emerged as the best performed parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region. He is on record as the only NPP candidate in the Central Region to have won more popular votes than the party’s presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo in the December 7, 2020 elections. Though Afenyo-Markin was able to increase Akufo-Addo’s votes in the Effutu Constituency from the 2016 figure, he still had more votes than the president at the polls. ....
Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has won the admiration and commendation of his party leadership after he emerged as the best performed parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region. He is on record as the only NPP candidate in the Central Region to have won more popular votes than the party’s presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo in the December 7, 2020 elections. Though Afenyo-Markin was able to increase Akufo-Addo’s votes in the Effutu Constituency from the 2016 figure, he still had more votes than the president at the polls. He completely knocked off the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate by winning the seat with 63.96 percent of valid votes cast. ....