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Incumbents fall as new faces sweep Lower Manya Krobo NPP Polls
Fitzgerald Matey Korle won the chairmanship race, defeating incumbent Emmanuel Siakwa The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Lower Manya Krobo Constituency of the Eastern Region has elected a largely new leadership after incumbent executives suffered major defeats in the party's 2026 constituency executive elections held on Saturday, July 11.
Speaking after his victory, newly elected Constituency Chairman, Fitzgerald Matey Korle called for unity and restraint among party supporters, stressing that the election should not create divisions within the party.
Lower Manya Krobo has traditionally been a stronghold of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), with the party winning every presidential and parliamentary election in the constituency since the inception of the Fourth Republic in 1992.
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