Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been officially declared as the winner of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries held on Saturday, January 31, 2026, securing his position as the party’s flagbearer for the next general elections.
Dr Bawumia polled 110,645, representing 56.48 per cent of the total valid votes cast.
His victory was confirmed by Electoral Commission officials at the party’s headquarters after the collation of results from constituencies across the country.
More than 211,000 delegates cast their ballots at over 300 polling centres across the country in what party officials described as a keenly contested internal race.
Dr Bawumia faced competition from four other aspirants: former Minister for Food and Agriculture Dr Bryan Acheampong; former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum; former NPP General Secretary Kwabena Agyei Agyapong; and businessman and former Assin Central MP Kennedy Ohene Agyapong.
The primaries were conducted across all 16 regions of Ghana, with delegates voting to select the candidate to lead the NPP’s bid to reclaim power in the 2028 general elections.
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