A new poll from Dr Smart Sarpong, a pollster and statistician at the Kumasi Technical University, has predicted a run-off in the 2024 General Elections.

Dr Sarpong, who is the Associate Professor of Statistics at KTU, revealed NPP candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is leading the elections with 49.1% of votes followed by former President John Dramani Mahama on 45.8%.

New Force Presidential candidate, Nana Kwame Bediako is at 2.2%. while Alan John Kyeremateng predicted to secure 1.2%.

The comprehensive survey was conducted across 4,272 communities in all 276 constituencies with a sample of 99,355.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate, leads in the latest poll with 49.1%, while National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Dramani Mahama trails at 45.8%, according to findings by Professor Smart Sarpong, Director of Research and… pic.twitter.com/BpTYkSvsgC

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The survey has divided opinion online with some social media users happy that the NPP is leading while others call the poll as wrong.

“He should have given Bawumia 87% that is more realistic. By Dec 9 all this noise will seize.” one user said.

Another wrote: “How can a good presidential candidate win Ashanti, Eastern, Central, Western, ahafo and North East regions and still be in a run off. This shows that the candidate is not a winnable presidential candidate,”