Mahama wins NDC flagbearer race with 98.9% of votes

Former President John Dramani Mahama has once again been elected to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress to the 2024 general elections following his landslide victory at the just-ended primaries of the party.

Mr Mahama failed in his attempts in 2016 and 2020 elections to become President.

The NDC’s primaries held on Saturday, May 13, 2023, saw Mr. Mahama sweeping 297,603 (98.9%) of the total valid votes to emerg as the flagbearer-elect of the NDC.

The Electoral Commission’s Director of Electoral Services, Dr. Serebuor Quaicoe made the declaration at the party’s headquarters in Accra in the early hours of Sunday..

His only contender Kojo Bonsu secured 3,181 (1.1%) votes.

This is after former Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor pulled out of the race over unresolved discrepancies with the party’s voters album.