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Dr Bryan Acheampong, a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has attributed the party\u2019s defeat in the 2024 general elections to challenges linked to both governance and its presidential candidature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking in an interview, Dr Acheampong said the election results exposed deeper weaknesses within the party beyond campaign strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe went to the 2024 elections, and the results that came out portrayed two things. We had a governance challenge, and we also had a candidate challenge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Abetifi MP, the governance challenge was evident in the disparity between the performance of parliamentary candidates and that of the party\u2019s presidential candidate in many constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd the governance challenge was seen from the performance of the parliamentary candidates\u2019 level. And if you come to the presidential candidate, in most constituencies of this country, the parliamentary candidates did far better than the presidential candidate in the same constituencies, in the same elections, in the same political party,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Acheampong cited his own constituency as an example of the trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn my case, I did better than my presidential candidate,\u201d he said in an interview with Channel One TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further referenced the Okaikwei South constituency, where the party\u2019s parliamentary candidate, Dakoa Newman, lost by about 5,000 votes, while the presidential candidate suffered a wider defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn Okaikwei South, the parliamentary candidate lost by about 5,000 votes, while the presidential candidate lost by roughly 11,000 votes,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the pattern was replicated across the country and marked an unprecedented development in Ghana\u2019s electoral history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd that almost cuts across the whole country. If you put all the parliamentary results together, it beat the presidential candidate by almost 350,000 votes. This has never happened in the country before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NPP lost the 2024 presidential election to former President John Dramani Mahama, returning the party to opposition.<\/p>\n\n
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