Ernest Yaw Anim Stands Tall In Kumawu By-election – Survey

A survey by Global Info Analytics shows that Mr. Ernest Yaw Anim remains the preferred parliamentary candidate in the Kumawu By-elections.

 

Mr Ernest Yaw Anim, who is the ruling New Patriotic Party’s Candidate in the forthcoming by-election in the Kumawu constituency with his main  contender in the race been the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Kwasi Amankwaa and two independent candidates, who bear the same name — Kwaku Duah— with the same spelling.

 

 

While 56.5 percent of respondents are yearning for Mr. Ernest Yaw Anim, only 16.8 percent  are eager  for his closest contender, an independent candidate, Kwaku Duah.

 

 

 

The main opposition party NDC’s candidate, Kwasi Amankwaa, is in the third position in the survey with 12.1% whiles that of Kweku Duah (J), another independent, had 0.6% of votes,  8.7% are floating voters while 5.4% said they are not ready to vote.

 

 

More Statistics

The closing poll for the by-election shows clearly the ruling party’s candidate, Mr Ernest Yaw Anim, taking a comfortable  lead in the polls, two days into the by-election. Ernest Yaw Anim leads his closest contender, an independent  candidate with 56.5% and  16.8% going to the Independent Candidate.

When the likely voters’ model is used, Ernest Yaw Anim is likely to obtain 66% of the total votes cast, Kweku Duah, 20%, Kwasi Amankwaa, 14% and Kweku Duah (J), 1%

Approximately 36% of voters said they are  influenced by the construction of roads projects currently in the constituency. The survey also  found that 65% of voters who said they are likely to be influenced by the road project in the Constituency are prepared  to vote for Ernest Yaw Anim and that of  61% of those who said they can not  be influenced  by those projects also intend tovote for him.

On the question of whether the government treated the late MP fairly,  26% of voters agreed while 62% disagree and 12% did not have opinion.
Political observers believed the race will be tight as the late MP won his 2020 race marginally. Additionally, political analysts  believed that with the current economic crisis, voters could be given a bloody nose with potential threat to its slim majority in parliament if the seat is lost.

 

Click on the link below for the full report 

Kumawu By-Election-2

 

 

 

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