Communications team member of the NDC, Hamza Sayibu Suhuyini, says the party aims to win back the Kpandai seat which was previously held by them.
The constituency has been a swing seat since 1996, alternating between the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The Kpandai seat was declared vacant by Parliament after the Tamale High Court on Monday, November 24, 2025, upheld a petition filed by the NDC parliamentary candidate for Kpandai, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who argued that the December 7, 2024, election was marred by significant irregularities.
The court subsequently ordered a rerun within 30 days, a ruling that has sparked fierce reactions from the Minority.
A survey conducted by Global InfoAnalytics says the NPP’s Matthew Nyindam is leading Kpandai polls with 50% ahead of the rerun.
The NDC’s Daniel Nsala Wakpal follows closely with 46%, while independent candidate, Eric Nipani Donkor, is projected to get 1% of the total votes.
Meanwhile, 3% of voters remain undecided, according to the December 14, 2025 report.
The survey discloses that the election remains closely contested with Nyindam’s lead falling within a ±3.9% margin of error, indicating limited movement among voters.
It shows that about 2% of voters who supported Nyindam in the previous election have shifted to Wakpal, matched by an equal percentage of Wakpal’s supporters moving to Nyindam.
In essence, the survey shows a significant transfer of Donkor’s support dropping, with 28% of them shifting to Nyindam, being the reason for his current marginal lead.
Global InfoAnalytics’ findings suggest that while the contest is highly competitive, Nyindam retains a slight edge, underscoring the importance of turnout and voter mobilisation in the lead-up to the rerun scheduled for December 30, 2025.
On TV3’s BigIssue segment on the NewDay morning show on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, Suhuyini responded to the survey, stating the party’s approach to data differs from the NPP’s.
According to him, unlike the NPP which dismisses data once it is not in their favour, the NDC acknowledges and addresses the details it presents. He expressed confidence in winning back the Kpandai seat in the December 30, 2025 rerun.
“For us, the most important thing is how to turn the tide in favour of the NDC unlike many of our colleagues do, especially those on the other side of the political divide who pretend to love data but anytime data points to a certain direction that they’re not comfortable with, they are quick to discredit the data. The NDC will not do that,” he stated.
He continued that members of the NDC “have been following the works of Musa Dankwah and I can assure you that as a political party, we have started working on the details of this particular outcome that he has published and we are going into the election with one commitment, to take back the Kpandai seat.”
