Politics
NDC Will Lose Assin North By-Election – Ben Ephson
Pollster, ben Epshon has predicted victory for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the forthcoming Assin North by-election.
This comes after the annulment of the 2020 parliamentary elections in that constituency by a cape coast High Court.
Speaking on TV3, the pollster said statistics favours the NPP and they’re likely to snatch the seat from the NDC.
“This seat is more of an NPP seat than NDC. In 2020 there was a split in terms of the NPP in this constituency. In 2016 the NPP won the seat 15553 votes and NDC 10751, the margin of victory for NPP was 4802.
“In 2020 NPP had 14,793, NDC had 17,498, and margin of victory for NDC was 2733. In the run-up to the 2020 elections, there was a split in front of the NPP. When the margin is not huge in such by-elections the incumbent government always wins so yes he may go for appeal, if the appeal is thrown out, it is going to be fresh elections and likely NDC might lose.”
The court presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye, ordered for fresh elections to be conducted in the Assin North constituency.
The case of the petitioner is that the MP at the time of filing to contest the 2020 parliamentary elections, had not renounced his Canadian citizenship and thus held dual nationality.
Handing his judgement on Wednesday, the judge said the MP, Joe Gyaakye Quayson violated constitutional provisions and other statutory provisions that guide Ghana’s elections.
The NDC has expressed their intention to contest the judgement by the court.
