With less than a month to the presidential primaries of the ruling New Patriotic Party a confidential independent poll puts the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, ahead with 78.37%.
Kennedy Agyepong, the Assin Central constituency NPP law maker, is in the second position with 20.86% of the votes whiles , Dr Owusu Akoto Afriyie is projected to secure 0.41% and Francis Addai Nimoh, 0.36%.
The poll which was completed on Saturday 7 October 2023, had a sample size of 23,103 respondents. Out of that, Dr Bawumia had 18,106 (78.37%) respondents selecting him as their preferred candidate. 4,819 (20.86) respondents picked Kennedy Agyapong, 94 (0.41%) chose Dr Owusu Akoto Afriyie and 84 (0.36%) of the respondents went for Francis Addai Nimoh.
The respondents were selected from the sixteen (16) regions of the country.
The findings of the poll shows that the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will win majority votes in all the regions in the country.
A similar poll conducted by the same body and released two days before the August 26th special electoral college predicted that the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, was going to win by 71.7% but got 68.15% of the total valid votes cast.
The results of the 24 August independent poll compared to the outcome of the special electoral college reflected the plus or minus (+-) 3% margin of error put forward by the research group which conducted the poll. It stands to reason that their latest poll on the upcoming NPP presidential primaries is worth considering.
Regional breakdown
The new independent poll ahead of the November 4th presidential primaries indicate that in Ahafo Region, out of a sample size of 541, Dr Bawumia polled 426, Mr Agyapong, 110, Dr Akoto, 4 and Addai Nimoh 1. In the Ashanti Region, out of a sample size of 3,547, Dr Bawumia secured 3,008, Mr Agyapong, 526, Dr Akoto, 10 and Addai Nimoh 3
In Bono Region, the sample size was 1,077. Dr Bawumia had 832 respondents selecting him. Mr Agyapong had 238, Dr Akoto, 7 and Addai Nimoh 0. In the Bono East Region, the sample size was 918, 746 chose Dr Bawumia, 171 selected Kennedy Agyapong, 1 for Dr Akoto and 0 for Addai Nimoh.
Central Region and Eastern Regions had a sample size of 2,049 and 2,489 respectively. Dr Bawumia secured 1,213 and 2,027 in the two regions respectively. Mr Agyapong also had 828 in the Central Region and 442 in the Eastern Region. Dr Akoto had 5 and 12 and Addai Nimoh secured 3 and 8 respondents voting in his favour in the two regions.
With a sample size of 3,776, Dr Bawumia had 2,577 respondents in the Greater Accra Region selecting him as the preferred candidate. Mr Agyapong had 1,153, Dr Akoto, 19, and Addai Nimoh 27. North East Region 365 selected Dr Bawumia out of a sample size of 368. The remaining 3 chose Mr Agyapong with the last two candidates securing no vote.
The results of the independent polls in the remaining regions are as follows; Northern Region, sample size 1,315, Dr Bawumia, 1,224, Mr Agyapong, 82, Dr Akoto 2, Addai Nimoh 7. Oti Region, sample size 598, Dr Bawumia, 518, Mr Agyapong, 75, Dr Akoto 3, Addai Nimoh 2.
Savannah sample size 569, Dr Bawumia, 471, Mr Agyapong, 94, Dr Akoto 2, Addai Nimoh 2. Upper East Region sample size 1,099, Dr Bawumia, 919, Mr Agyapong, 165, Dr Akoto 12, Addai Nimoh 3. Upper West Region, sample size 938, Dr Bawumia, 793, Mr Agyapong, 143, Dr Akoto 2, Addai Nimoh 0.
Volta Region, sample size 1,460, Dr Bawumia, 1,124, Mr Agyapong, 326, Dr Akoto 8, Addai Nimoh 2. Western Region, sample size 1,689, Dr Bawumia, 1,301, Mr Agyapong, 356, Dr Akoto 7, Addai Nimoh 25 and Western North Region, sample size 670, Dr Bawumia, 562, Mr Agyapong, 107, Dr Akoto 0, Addai Nimoh 1.