Assin North by-election: NPP leads NDC by 1.1% - Poll

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are in a neck and neck race in the Assin North by-election slated for June 27.

This is according to the final results of a poll by Global InfoAnalytics, an opinion research company.

The results, published on June 25, noted that the NPP was ahead of the NDC with a margin of just 1.1% with 6.9% of respondents undecided as yet.

The by-election was occasioned by the ouster of James Gyakye Quayson of the NDC as MP for the area after the Supreme Court ruled against him in a dual citizenship case.

Quayson has been retained as the NDC candidate even though he is facing criminal charges from his 2020 candidature. The poll puts him at 45.6% whiles the NPP’s Charles Opoku is at 46.7%.

The analysis also showed that the NPP candidate has squandered a commanding lead, slumping from 57% as of June 6 to his current rating whiles Quayson has appreciated from 38% to 45.6% within the same period.

The by-election has attracted a lot of political activity in the past few weeks. Campaigns ended on June 25 ahead of the vote.

NPP leads NDC by 1.1% with 6.9% votes undecided. pic.twitter.com/IbglGtq45z

— Global InfoAnalytics (@GInfoanalytics) June 25, 2023

Series polls conducted by GIA prior to todays shows how the NPP's candidate, Charles Opoku squandered a 19% lead to now a statistically dead heat race in four 4 weeks. pic.twitter.com/v4JlOnxGVW

— Global InfoAnalytics (@GInfoanalytics) June 25, 2023