Director of Communications for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the 2024 general elections, Miracles Aboagye, has reiterated assertions that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost the 2024 general election due to low voter turnout among its members.

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Speaking on Joy News’ Newsfile a week after the general election, Aboagye explained that, based on the party’s data from previous elections, it was clear that most of their members failed to vote on December 7.“One of the key reasons this result is as it is, according to the data, is that our people didn’t turn out to vote, and that is the fact,” he said.

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He highlighted the voting statistics in various regions, stating, “The data is there. If you put emotions aside and analyse it across all the regions: In 2020, the NPP had 145,000 votes in the Ahafo region; in 2024, we had 113,000.

NDC had 116,000 in 2020 and 130,000 in 2024. In Greater Accra, the NPP had 1,253,179 votes in 2020, and the NDC had 1,326,489. But in 2024, the NPP had only 681,000,

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which is half of what we achieved in 2020.”Aboagye explained that the NPP's loss was mainly due to low voter turnout, with no other major factors contributing to the defeat. He pointed out that NPP members who didn't vote should not be seen as supporters of John Mahama and the NDC.Meanwhile, the NPP's flagbearer and Vice President, Dr. Bawumia, has said the loss was due to a sharp decline in the party's vote share.

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He argued that the NDC did not win the election outright, as their results in 2024 were almost the same as in 2020.“I want to encourage you all to see that we handed this election over to the NDC; they didn’t win it outright. Their numbers didn’t change from 2020. Ours have dropped by 40%, so the analysis is simple,” he stated.He, however, noted that the NPP aims to return strongly in future elections.

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