One of the exciting constituencies to watch in the December 7, general elections is the Okaikwei-North constituency in the Greater Accra Region, where two women representing the two major political parties are vying to represent the people in parliament.
Madam Theresa Lardi Awuni, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is seeking re-election, while Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, a two-time MP for Akuapem-Akropong has switched camp to contest on the ticket of the (NPP) for the Okaikwei-North seat.
Both candidates were part of the 40 women who entered parliament in 2020 and among the 29 women parliamentarians who survived their political parties' primaries, to seal their candidature for another election bid.
Since 1996, the NPP has won both the presidential and parliamentary elections with the exception of 2004 and 2020, where candidates of the NDC broke this dominance and entered parliament, thus the Okaikwei-North constituency is seen as one of the strongholds of the NPP which has contributed massively to any of the NPPs electoral victories over the years.