The Member of Parliament for the Yendi Constituency on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Farouk Aliu Mahama, has lost his seat to the candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The NDC's Abdul Fatawu Alhassan won the seat with 30,707 votes, while the NPP polled 29,819 votes.
Results from the various constituencies are being announced following the counting and collation of votes at the various polling and collation centres across the country.
The exercise, which is being held at the various collation centres in the country, is aimed at promoting transparency and fairness in the electioneering process.
