General News of Thursday, 17 November 2016

Source: ghelections.com

INFOGRAPHIC: Regional breakdown of how NDC & NPP performed in 2012

The NPP and NDC are confident of securing more votes in the strongholds of each other come December The NPP and NDC are confident of securing more votes in the strongholds of each other come December

The two leading political parties in Ghana’s 2016 elections, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have intensified their campaigns in various regions of country.

For instance in the Volta Region which is the NDC’s stronghold, the NPP is targeting 30% of valid votes for the 2016 elections, whilst the NDC is targeting 50% of valid votes in the Eastern Region, which is largely considered as one of the NPP’s strongholds.

The infographic below gives a snapshot of how the two leading political parties performed in the various regions in 2012.