Lawyer Kwabena Boateng of the the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took an early lead in the Ejisu constituency by-election when the Electoral Commission (EC) started collating the results Tuesday evening.

Mr Boateng secured 27, 782 representing 55.8% of the total votes cast while his closest contender Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, a former Member of Parliament for the area who ran as an independent candidate, secured 21,534 votes or 43.3% of the total votes cast.

Meanwhile, Beatrice Boakye of the Liberal Party had 140 votes representing 0.3% Esther Osei of the Convention People’s Party received 0.2 percent.

Independent Candidates Joseph Agyemang and Atakora Joseph had 222 representing 0.2% and 23 representing 0.0% respectively.