Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has expressed shock at the narrow margin of his victory in the December 2024 elections.
Mr. Annoh-Dompreh secured 29,640 votes, defeating his closest contender, Fummey Philibert of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who polled 29,433 votes—a slim margin of 207 votes.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, the Minority Chief Whip admitted he did not expect the race to be so close.
“People kept telling me I had already won, so we didn’t expect the margin to be this close,” he said.
According to him, internal party challenges played a major role in the NPP’s overall poor performance.
“There were internal and external issues, and we struggled to win most of our seats. I’m still trying to understand why this happened, and I will look forward to finding the reasoning behind it,” he stated.
He added that during the campaign, he focused primarily on Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential bid but later realized the NDC had a more effective strategy.
“We did our research and realized that NDC supporters were focused on Mahama. They turned out in large numbers, but in our strongholds, turnout was low—just about 50,000 plus. If we had more of our people coming out to vote, I would have won comfortably,” he noted.
Mr. Annoh-Dompreh believes the party must analyze these issues to prevent a repeat in future elections.