NDC didn't win election 2024 - Prof Adei attributes outcome to NPP apathy

A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has stated that the defeat suffered by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 general elections is largely due to supporters of the party choosing not to vote.

According to him, this view is grounded in the margin of vote appreciation for the eventual winner, John Dramani Mahama, in comparison to the 2020 results.

"Let me tell you that the NDC didn't win the elections; that is systematic in the past one also. In Ghana, always the government loses the election. Mahama only got about 200,000 votes above what he got in 2020, which means that even with the biological increase of NDC members, he didn't get much, partly not because of his fault but because of people being disillusioned and saying they won't vote. Much of the loss was that NPP members say enough is enough," he stated in an interview on TV3.

He further highlighted that the ruling NPP did not pay attention to the concerns of Ghanaians, including issues of economic management and performance, which were criticized by some NPP members.

The Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, on Monday, December 9, declared John Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, the winner in the 2024 presidential elections, with a total of 6,328,397 votes.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) received 4,657,304 votes.

Mahama's party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), achieved historic success by gaining a majority in Parliament.