Miracles Aboagye Blames Low Turnout Of NPP Support Base For Bawumia's Defeat In 2024 Election

• The Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign Team, Miracles Aboagye, has blamed low voter turnout in the NPP's strongholds for their defeat
• He explained that due to the NPP's sympathisers not turning out in their large numbers, it made it easy for the NDC to claim victory
• He noted that the NDC's figures had not significantly increased since the last election against the NPP's figures, which had halved in some places
• Meanwhile, a data analyst in an interview with YEN.com.gh agreed with his assertion but stated other factors

The Bawumia Campaign Team's director of communications, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has blamed low voter turnout for the New Patriotic Party’s loss in the 2024 elections.

According to him, the New Patriotic Party's members did not turn up in large numbers during the elections, which was the party’s devastating loss.

Speaking on JoyNews, he compared the votes the party won in 2020 to the votes it got in 2024 to buttress his point.

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He explained that whereas the NPP got 145,000 votes in the Ahafo region in 2020, it had 113,000 in 2024. The NDC, on the other hand, got 116,000 votes in 2020 and 130,000 votes in 2024.

Miracles said that in Accra, the NPP got 1,253,179 votes in 2020, and the NDC had 1,326,489. However, the NPP got only 681,000 votes in 2024, about half of what it got in 2020.

Meanwhile, Alhassan Suhuyini, the Tamale North Member of Parliament, blamed the NPP’s defeat on their poor performance in office.

He said their poor performance had angered many Ghanaians, leading to their overwhelming rejection at the polls.

According to Suhuyini, the NPP’s government was abysmal, leading to widespread dissatisfaction among the electorates.

He cautioned the National Democratic Congress to wind down on their victory celebrations and begin understanding the huge responsibility Ghanaians have bestowed upon the NDC in the next Mahama administration.

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He said the huge margin of victory should communicate to the NDC the huge expectations of Ghanaians and the party, and the incoming presidency must be acutely aware of that.

Data Analyst agrees with the assertion

Data analyst Isaac Kofi Agyei noted that Aboagye's assertion about the low voter turnout was true.

He explained that voter turnout in the 2024 general elections had dropped from about 80% in the NPP strongholds of the Ashanti Region and Eastern Region to 60%.

This, he said, had negatively affected the incumbent.

But he was quick to add that "The NPP's loss was a cocktail of different factors."

"There are other pressing reasons why the NPP lost its elections. The first one is that the economy for voters was very key, and about 40% of registered voters boycotted the election." he explained.

He added that Bawumia was made to pay for the sins of Akufo-Addo.

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"People punished Bawumia for the sins of Akufo-Addo," he said.

Man blasts free SHS beneficiaries for rejecting Bawumia

YEN.com.gh reported that a video of a Ghanaian man reacting to Dr Bawumia's defeat in the 2024 elections has gone viral.

He channelled his frustration at free SHS beneficiaries as well as nursing trainees for not voting for Bawumia.

Social media users who took to the comment section of the video have shared their opinions on the concerns of the young man.

Source: YEN.com.gh