{"id":263656,"date":"2016-10-31T13:10:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T13:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=263656"},"modified":"2016-10-31T13:10:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T13:10:29","slug":"ndc-npp-battle-for-supremacy-in-greater-accra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/ndc-npp-battle-for-supremacy-in-greater-accra\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC, NPP battle for supremacy in Greater Accra\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Greater Accra Region has become one of the key areas to monitor in the December polls because the two major political parties in the country \u2013 the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) are gearing\u00a0to fight for supremacy in the region.<\/p>\n
Previous electoral results suggest the party that wins majority of parliamentary seats in the Region, subsequently wins the national elections.<\/p>\n
Therefore the two parties have made some audacious projections and adopted some strategies to win more votes in the region.<\/p>\n
Both parties are seeking to win about 25 parliamentary seats in the region and garner huge votes for their presidential candidates \u2013 President John Mahama, NDC and Nana Akufo-Addo, NPP.<\/p>\n
Out of the 34 seats in the region, the NDC and the NPP control 20 and 14 respectively while in the presidential race, John Mahama in the 2012 election had 52.31% and Akufo-Addo, 46.92.<\/p>\n
NPP launches regional campaign in Tema<\/strong><\/p>\n The NPP over the weekend launched its Greater Accra Regional campaign in Tema in a bid to take hold of nine more parliamentary seats and increase Nana Addo’s vote margin to 58%.<\/p>\n Throwing more light on their plan on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, the Greater Regional Chairman of the NPP, Ishmael Ashitey said the party is doing everything possible to meet the target.<\/p>\n