Sheila Bartels, has been elected as the New Patriotic Party parliamentary aspirant for Ablekuma North constituency.
She had 518 votes while her opponents, Nana Akua Afriyie, Kwadwo Barwuah and John Agbotey polled 315, 88 and 20 votes respectively.
She won six out of the seven electoral centres in the constituency.
Prior to the commencement of the polls, all the aspirants with the exception of the incumbent, Nana Akua Afriyie were locked in a meeting at the party’s constituency office over disagreements regarding the voter album.
Other party delegates also accused the incumbent MP Nana Akua Afriyie of scheming with some constituency executives to rig the election amidst vote-buying allegations as aspirants were seen giving out envelopes.
Sheila’s role in mobilising an independent volunteer campaign organisation known as THE HOPE Campaign might have courted her the massive endorsement she received in the primary.
The HOPE Campaign is seen by some as being instrumental in ensuring that the electorate could connect with the NPP campaign message for 2016.
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Sheila’s father, Kwamena Bartels, was elected MP for the Ablekuma North constituency in 1996 and served for three terms.
Nana Akua Afriyie is currently the incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency.