63 CANDIDATES FILE IN UPPER EAST (Daily Graphic, Friday, October 24, 2008 PAGE 16)

Sixty-three people, including six women, have filed their nomination in the Upper East Region to contest the 2008 Parliamentary elections, four more than the number that contested the 2004 parliamentary elections.
Figures obtained from the offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) indicated that seven political parties and three independent candidates would contest the elections in the region.
Of the political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) topped the filing list with 13 candidates each, followed by the Conventions People’s Party (CPP) and the People's National Convention (PNC) with 12 candidates each.
The Democratic People's Party (DPP) filed four candidates, six candidates for Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) while three candidates filed as Independent candidates, one in Chiana-Paga Constituency and two in the Bawku West.
There was no nomination for Great Consolidated People's Party (GCPP) and Reformed Patriotic Democrats (RPD).
The Builsa South, Bolgatanga Central, Zebilla, and Binduri constituencies recorded the highest number of six candidates each; Chiana-Paga, Bawku Central and Garu-Tempane recorded five candidates each, while Builsa North, Navrongo Central, Bongo, Pusiga, Talensi, and Nabdam constituencies had four candidates each.
Of the six women contesting for Parliamentary seats in five out of the 13 constituencies in the Upper East Region for this year’s election 2008, two are contesting in the Bolgatanga Central, with one each in the Builsa North, Builsa South, Bawku Central and Talensi constituencies.