NDC will win only 70 seats in parliament - NPP

17:30 - 18 January 2017

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According to the Deputy General Secretary of the party, Nana Obiri Boahen, the number of seats NDC holds in parliament will dwindle from 104 to 70.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has indicated that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will poll only 70 seats in parliament in the 2020 elections.

Following the 171 parliamentary seats secured by the NPP as against the 104 obtained by the NDC in the December 7, 2016 parliamentary election, the NPP occupies majority seats in Parliament.

Before election 2016, the NDC held the majority in parliament with 148 seats as against the NPP’s 123.

In an interview on Accra-based Asempa FM, Obiri Boahen said, "In 2020, NPP members will be able to do effective campaigning without fear and intimidation from the NDC.

"They will do the campaign effectively because the police will be more professional in protecting lives and properties. We will cut them to size in the 2020 elections because we will no longer be intimidated by anybody. The NDC will win only 70 seats in parliament."