The Ho Central Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) dropped 9,000 popular votes in the December 7 general elections, winning only 53,117 votes against 62,000 in the 2012 presidential polls.
The 2016 figure represents 89.21 per cent of the total valid votes cast but fell short of the Party’s target of 80,000 votes out of the more than 95,000 electoral roll.
The Constituency therefore only managed 47,129 popular votes ahead of the opposition’s Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo against a campaign for “All the votes” for President John Dramani Mahama.
In 2012, the Constituency with its 62,000 votes recorded the second highest absolute figures for President Mahama and the NDC, after Ketu South.
Mr Ferg Afedo, Ho Central Constituency Chairman, NDC, said “the low turnout was far below our expectation.”
Source: GNA
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According to your analysis the various parliamentary results were also rigged in 2012 by the NDC hence the gargantuan lost now? What a synthetic analytical syndrome on your side
Have you asked yourself how your presidential candidate last by over 1m votes or that reasoning is too complicated for your coconut head. This is the biggest margin an incumbent government has lost in an election in the history of our country, the truth is the 8 months in court was a big eye opener to the NPP. They focused on winning at the polling station. They had party sympathisers adopting polling stations, monitoring the coalition process and collecting all their pink sheets, tallying it and sending it to their own control centre. The plan was so long as NDC is prevented from inflating their numbers, half the battle is won. Every day for ***barred word*** man one day for policeman.
The 2016 election represent the true and actual figures. Voter turn out have not driop but NDC could not capitalise on the ver bloated voters register this time round.
After 8 months in the Supreme court you guys wonder about crying over a mirage vote rigging that your leaders planted into your coconuts???? Indeed you and I were not there. We have had 7 elections so far under the new republic and according to the NPP the 4 that the NDC won were rigged while the 3 that the NPP won were free and fair? Let's be serious for once heh
South, North and Central Tongu constituencies had a low voter turnout too. How could these suppose Togolese voters bypass about 4 constituencies to register in any of these three I mentioned? Why didn't you and your party led by two Master Liers could not identify these so called Togolese voters during the exhibition of the voters register? When will Bawumia bring the 90 % of the ECOWAS voters register? Tweeeeeeaaaa!
@ DUMB CALCULUS. YOUR ANALYSIS IS PERFECT. THE TREND IS SAME EVEN IN THE ASHANTI REGION. NDC VOTES IN 2016 REDUCED COMPARED TO 2012 WHEREAS NPP VOTES IN 2016 INCREASED COMPARED TO 2012. I SUSPECT THE 2012 ELECTIONS WAS RIGGED IN FAVOUR OF THE NDC. IN KETU SOUTH, NDC DROPPED AS MANY AS 16,601 VOTES IN 2016 COMPARED TO 2012. NPP ON THE OTHER HAND GAINED 2,425 VOTES (2012: 5,165 & 2016: 7,590) 46.95% INCREASE. THE EC & OTHER STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD ANSWER?
Yes @Calculus, it was due to "Togolese" voters not turning up to vote. Do you live here in the Volta region? Do you know what goes on across the Ghana-Togo border? Do your analysis from 2008 and see how many "Togolese voters" did not show up in 2016.
It looks like those votes do not exist. Your people weren't allowed to rigg. Why would Togolese voters by pass all the border towns and move all the way to Ho and vote? Lol compare 2012 votes to 2008 and you will see the reason behind my analysis. In 1st round 2008,, ndc had 49,826 and 52,345 in the round off. In 2012 using the electronic voting, Ndc had 62,363 lol. In 2016 using electronic voting with all party agents being very vigilant and monitoring all the collating and pink sheet data, Ndc had 53,117. This was also the trend in almost all the constituencies maham won in 2012. There was one constituency that he lost by almost 19,000 votes. Keep in mind, npp rather made marginal gains as a trend in almost all the constituencies comparing to 2012. This means the 2012 votes were substantially inflated and this is a clear example. Those voters do not exist. Since npp and the other parties are now very conversant with how the EC collates and transfer results, there is no way in coming election Ndc will get those votes. Ndc can come back in 2020 but not through their usual trademark of rigging elections. They have to appeal to floating voters thus they have to take votes directly from nana (those who votes for him).
I know the ignoramus will say it was due to "Togolese" voters not turning up to vote. Meanwhile almost all strong holds of NDC saw a low voter turnout.