{"id":5335,"date":"2019-10-25T17:14:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=5335"},"modified":"2019-10-25T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:14:09","slug":"gfa-elections-george-afriyie-concedes-defeat-but-kurt-okraku-needs-501-votes-from-delegates-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/gfa-elections-george-afriyie-concedes-defeat-but-kurt-okraku-needs-501-votes-from-delegates-to-win","title":{"rendered":"GFA Elections : George Afriyie concedes defeat but Kurt Okraku needs 50+1 votes from delegates to win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kurt Okraku leads the second round of the Ghana FA presidential elections but could not win since he couldn&#8217;t beat the 50 percent plus one vote once again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kurt Okraku 59 (49.6%) George Afriyie 43 (36.1 %) Nana Yaw Amponsah 15 (13.4%) We are now heading into the third and final round.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interesting turn of events, following due process, the delegates will still vote. 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