In Ghana’s elections of 2024, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is most likely to prevail in both the presidential and parliamentary races.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) made this forecast in its most recent report, which was made public on Friday, April 28, 2023.
In light of this, EIU stated that “The NDC stands a strong chance of winning the 2024 presidential election and securing a legislative majority.”
The Unit claimed that the expected voting patterns were largely determined by poor governance and economic hardship.
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However, the EIU noted that it anticipates Ghana’s policy to continue focusing on ensuring macroeconomic stability, regardless of who maintains power.
It also mentioned that the new administration will experience the same economic difficulties as its predecessor.
“The next parliamentary and presidential elections are due in 2024. Under constitutionally mandated term limits, the incumbent president, Nana Akufo-Addo, cannot run for a third term, and he has pledged to comply.
“In early January the trade and industry minister, Alan Kyerematen, resigned and announced his bid to become the NPP’s presidential candidate. We expect the contests to secure the presidential candidacies of both the NPP and the NDC to be highly competitive, with several high-profile figures expected to contend.
“A former president, John Mahama, launched his campaign to secure the NDC presidential candidacy in March. However, the NDC could also choose to revitalise its prospects with a fresh candidate, such as Kwabena Duffuor, a former finance minister, who has also declared his intention to secure the party candidacy.
“Our baseline forecast is that economic hardships, the fallout from debt restructuring and poor governance will create an anti-incumbency wave and push the electorate to seek change. The NDC, therefore, stands a strong chance of winning the 2024 presidential poll and securing a legislative majority.”
Relatively, elections for the NDC’s presidential candidate for 2024 in the Manhyia South Constituency have been postponed by the NDC’s Functional Executive Committee (FEC).
The choice was made during a meeting on April 25. It’s not clear why this is.
