The Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, Mussa Dankwah, has attributed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the Akwatia by-election to what he described as a poor choice of candidate.
Speaking on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey, Mr. Dankwah said his organisation’s polls, which projected a win for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been vindicated despite initial criticism from sections of the NPP.
“I felt vindicated, and all the things I said came true. And I said NPP could outperform the polling numbers, and that was correct, in terms of the percentages. And I also said that it is the people who NPP voted for, and it’s me, who would cause NPP’s defeat. And I was right as well, on that one,” he explained.
According to him, the NPP wrongly assumed that Akwatia’s economy is dominated by mining jobs and therefore presented a candidate with a mining background. He noted, however, that the majority of eligible voters in the constituency are educated and largely engaged in the service sector.
“And I was right as well, on that one. The candidate NPP presented was the wrong choice for the people. As a poll, nearly 60% of them have senior high qualifications and tertiary, so the majority of them are educated. The jobs that are in Akwatia are not mining jobs. Mining jobs don’t dominate the job, it’s service sector job. So, picking a candidate who you think is a miner in Akwatia was wrong, and was not based on data, and the people who voted rejected him.
They have believed that Akwatia is full and dominated by mining jobs. There are mining jobs in Akwatia, but those that are involved in mining in Akwatia are not Akwatia voters. So, visually, you see them there in the number, but they’re not there as voters.” Mr. Dankwah added.
Ahead of the September 2, 2025 polls, Global Info Analytics had projected a 53% victory margin for the NDC candidate, Bernard Baidoo Bediako — a forecast that was later confirmed by the Electoral Commission’s official results.
The certified figures showed Baidoo Bediako securing 18,199 votes (54.3%) to defeat the NPP’s Solomon Kwame Asumadu, who polled 15,235 (45.46%). Patrick Owusu of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) managed 82 votes. In total, 33,819 valid votes were cast, with 303 ballots rejected.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
