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The 2011 New Patriotic Party constituency primaries was a nationwide election organised by the Electoral Commission of Ghana at the request of the New Patriotic Party for the election of candidates that would represent the party in the 2012 parliamentary elections. The New Patriotic Party is the biggest opposition party in the Parliament of Ghana with 107 members of parliament out of 230. Nominations for the primaries opened on 28 February and closed on 6 March 2011. 73 constituencies had their current members of parliament standing unopposed. At such places, the members were elected by acclamation. A total of 516 persons contested the 220 constituency seats. ==Application process== The NPP set out clear rules in the run up to the primaries. They were as follows: * An aspiring parliamentary candidate had to ensure that he/she met the requirements of qualification and eligibility set out in Article 94 of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution and articles 3, 11 and 17 of the NPP’s Constitution 2009. * An aspirant had to satisfy both the Regional Executive Committee (REC) and National Executive Committee (NEC) respectively before filling his or her nomination with the Constituency Executive Committee (CEC). This constituted the pre-qualification process. * The Regional Executive Committee and National Executive Committee would issue a notice of an aspirant’s eligibility and endorse the aspirant’s nomination forms in the desired Constituency. * An aspirant after satisfying the pre-qualification process had to then proceed to file his or her nomination with the Constituency Executive Committee. * There shall be an Elections Committee and a Vetting Committee in all affected Constituencies. After the Vetting process, there shall be publication of the aspirants eligible for the Primary election. * An applicant could then pick up nomination forms upon payment of a non-refundable fee of GH¢1000. * The applicant then proceeded to the Regional Office for certification and endorsement after payment of a non-refundable fee of GH¢2000. The Regional Secretary then endorsed the nomination forms of the aspirant and also issued him/her a letter permitting him/her to proceed for assessment by the National Executive Committee. * An applicant contesting a Constituency with a sitting New Patriotic Party Parliamentarian had to be assessed by the National Executive Committee after the payment of GH¢10,000, as National Party Development Fee. * As a function of encouraging more women to aspire to high political office, women candidates will enjoy a rebate of 50% of the fee. * The General Secretary of the Party would then endorse the forms of an eligible aspirant and also issued him/her with a letter permitting him/her to file his/her nomination forms in the desired Constituency and pay a filling fee of GH¢3000 to begin the electoral process. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2011 New Patriotic Party Primaries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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