The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has stated that the party will emerge stronger from its exercise.
He said the party would ultimately benefit if members remained united and urged them to serve the party diligently at the grassroots level.
"The elections to choose our constituency executives have been held across the country.
Congratulations to us all on the outcome and the manner in which it was achieved," he said.
"To all who were elected, I extend my warm congratulations.
You have been entrusted with the care of the party at the level where it matters most and I am confident you will serve them well."
Discipline
In a statement after the polls last Sunday, Mr Asiedu Nketiah commended all candidates for the discipline of their campaigns and party members for the restraint and maturity they showed throughout the process.
He also thanked the electoral committees, regional and constituency officers and everyone who worked to ensure the process was open, orderly and peaceful.
He urged newly elected constituency executives to help strengthen the party by bringing all members on board ahead of the 2028 election.
He also urged all those who lost to accept the outcome and work together with the newly elected executive.
He said the election was an internal party affair that required fairness, neutrality and unity among members.
Explained that he had deliberately refrained from attending constituency elections across the country to avoid influencing delegates’ choices or appearing to favour candidates.
He said his position as national chairman required him to remain neutral so he could reconcile members after the election and unite the party, regardless of the outcome.
“Everybody in the NDC is my friend and family member.
If I select some of you and call you my friends, it means the others are my enemies, but I believe all of you are my friends,” he said.
Mr Asiedu Nketiah noted that supporting particular candidates could undermine his ability to bring the party together, whether those candidates won or lost.
He urged aspirants who failed to win their respective positions not to interpret the outcome as a rejection, stressing that only one person could occupy a particular position at a time.
He encouraged them to remain committed to the party, adding that those who lost could have opportunities to serve in other capacities in future.
Mr Asiedu Nketia also urged delegates to allow the best candidates to emerge and appealed to all aspirants to accept the results in good faith.
He said the success of the election should not be measured solely by who won but also by how the winners and losers worked together afterwards.
“What matters is not who wins, but how that person wins and how we can put the party together after the election,” he said.
Unsuccessful candidates
He urged those who contested but were not successful to remain fully engaged in party activities.
"To those who contested and were not successful, I urge you to remain fully engaged.
The party has been strengthened time and again by members who accepted a result and continued to serve.
Your contribution remains necessary," he said.
He said the work of organising, listening to members, protecting the ideals of the party and the legacy of President John Dramani Mahama had now begun.
