Speaking during an interview on July 15, Dr. Adomako Kissi said the party’s inconsistent position regarding its participation in the rerun created confusion among supporters, ultimately affecting turnout.
He stated that initial suggestions that the NPP might not partake in the polls spread rapidly, while their eventual participation did not gain as much attention.
He also accused the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of voter suppression in what he described as a deliberate effort to intimidate NPP supporters in a known party stronghold.
The rerun, held in 19 polling stations on July 11, followed the Electoral Commission’s decision to nullify earlier results due to irregularities in the collation process.
These included failures by some presiding officers to validate scanned pink sheet results.
The NPP’s leadership had initially rejected the EC’s call for a rerun, arguing that their candidate, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, had already won fairly. Despite the party’s boycott stance, Afriyie proceeded to contest the election.
In the end, Ewurabena Aubynn of the NDC secured 34,090 votes to narrowly defeat Afriyie, who polled 33,881 votes.
Following the result, Afriyie issued an apology to the party’s National Council for disobeying the directive.