The ruling (NDC) has elected private legal practitioner Bernard Bediako Baidoo as its candidate for the parliamentary by-election to be held in the Akwatia Constituency on September 2, 2025.
Bediako, a member of the party's legal team and the current NDC Akwatia Constituency Secretary, emerged victorious in the tightly contested primary election on Monday, August 4, 2025, ahead of the by-election.
He polled 380 votes, defeating his close contender, Erasmus Koney Ali, who secured 366 votes, and former MP Henry Yiadom Boakye, whom Bediako represented as legal counsel in a court challenge against the late MP Ernest Yaw Kumi, with Boakye garnering 232 votes.
Out of 1,075 eligible voters, 975 cast their ballots, with three votes rejected.
