FIVE hundred and forty-four candidates, including 29 females, have been elected to the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies in the Western Region for the Implementation of the region’s development agenda for the next four years.
Ninety out of the 182 incumbent assembly members who contested the election retained their seats in the various assemblies in the region.
The general turnout in the district assembly elections in the region was 33.4 per cent representing 447,985 out of registered voters of 1,339,284.
A total of 8,890 ballot papers were rejected.
According to the Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Mr Steve Opoku-Mensah, the elections were peaceful.
He said the public was co-operative and understanding in spite of the problems which confronted the Electoral Commission in the conduct of the elections, while the security services were highly commendable.
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