Former President John Dramani Mahama has been declared winner of the just ended Presidential primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Certified results from the Electoral Commission indicate that Mr Mahama at the end of the NDC’s primaries on Saturday secured an overwhelming 213,487 votes representing 95.23 percent of the total valid votes cast with the other six contenders managing with about 4 percent.

The six other contenders together managed a paltry 4 per cent of the total valid votes cast.

Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Prof. Joshua Alabi came second with 3,399 votes representing 1.516 per cent while Second Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament for Nadowli/Kaleo, Mr Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin, came third with 2,313 votes representing 1.032 per cent.

Mr Goosie Tanoh, a stalwart of the NDC, came fourth with 2,038 votes representing 0.909%.

Former Trades and Industry Minister in the Mahama government, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah came fifth with 1,457 votes which represent 0.650 per cent of the total votes.

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Mr Sylvester Mensah got 932 votes representing 0.415 per cent while businessman Nurudeen Iddrisu polled a paltry 519 votes representing 0.231 per cent.