Dorcas Affo-Toffey retains Jomoro seat

The incumbent Member of Parliament for Jomoro, Dorcas Toffey, has successfully maintained her seat, achieving a significant victory of 25,349 votes.

Her closest competitor, Paul Essien from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), secured 14,195 votes. Nana Blay Mienzah, the parliamentary candidate for the Convention People’s Party (CPP), received 306 votes.

Independent candidate Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah obtained 8,065 votes.

She got 1,324 votes, representing 87.4%, whilst the other two candidates, Akatia Kwaidoo and Nda Blay Armah, polled 188, representing 12.4%, 4 representing 0.2%, respectively.

Affo-Toffey won the 2020 parliamentary elections for Jomoro Constituency after polling 24,356 votes, representing 55.5%, against the then-incumbent Member of Parliament, Paul Essien, of the New Patriotic Party who had 19,889 votes representing 44.95%.

Since 7 January 2021, she has been one of the 40 women and the only one from the Western Region representing their respective constituencies in the 8th Parliament.