Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has expressed his observation that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is experiencing the loss of key members, particularly at the grassroots level, in some of its core areas.

According to Simons, this decline in core members can be attributed to internal issues within the party's systems.

Simons highlighted the recent Assin North by-election as an example, where he believes the NPP experienced a decrease in support compared to previous elections. He also mentioned the Kumawu by-election that took place the previous month, noting that a significant number of NPP voters were lost from what is traditionally considered the NPP's stronghold, while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) maintained its support base.

Mr. Simons further observed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) seems to have an advantage in terms of its usual support base in the Assin North constituency.

This advantage stems from the fact that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has experienced a decline in its traditional voting numbers in this particular constituency, which is considered a swing constituency.

Since 1996, the NPP has consistently garnered around 15,000 to 16,000 votes in the Assin North constituency, according to Mr. Simons.

“The core base [for NDC] is turning out and therefore they are sustained in their core base. The NPP on the order hand appears to be losing their core base in both elections.”

Mr Simons also linked the seeming depletion of the strong core of the NPP to “massive disgruntlement in their grassroots and to some extent the economic factors that are prevailing in the country.”