Kpandai parliamentary election rerun: Poll reveals former NPP MP leads by 50%, NDC candidate on 46%

A new poll by Global InfoAnalytics on the rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election shows the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate and former Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Matthew Nyindam, leads the race with 50 per cent, while the governing National Democratic Congress’s (NDC’s) candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, has 46 per cent.

It said one per cent would also vote for Donkor Eric Nipani of the All People’s Congress (APC), with three per cent of voters undecided, the baseline poll released last Sunday said.

“The race is statistically dead heat as Hon. Mathew Nyindam’s lead is within the poll’s margin of error of ±3.9 per cent,” it said.

Results

The poll indicated that two per cent of voters who voted for Mr Nyindam have switched their votes to Mr Wakpal but same percentage have also switched from Wakpal to Nyindam.

It further indicated that 28 per cent of voters who voted for Mr Nipani have switched their votes to Mr Nyindam, giving him a lifeline.

The poll, which was conducted among 1,035 voters in 17 out of the 27 electoral areas in the Kpandai Constituency between December 11-13, 2025, using face-to-face interview, has a confidence level of 99 per cent and a margin of error of ±3.90 per cent.

It said the final poll for the by-election would be conducted between December 25-28, 2025 and report expected on December 28/29 2025.

On the performance of Mr Nyindam in his short stint in the current Parliament, the poll revealed that three per cent of the voters rated him excellent, 32 per cent as very good/good, 36 per cent said average and 29 per cent rated him poor/very poor.

Background

The EC has scheduled the rerun of the Kpandai Constituency parliamentary election for Tuesday, December 30, 2025. This follows a ruling by the Tamale High Court on Monday, November 24, 2025, which ordered the rerun to take place within 30 days.

The Commission also received formal notification from the Clerk to Parliament last Monday, December 8, 2025, confirming that the parliamentary seat for Kpandai has officially become vacant.

A statement issued in Accra last Wednesday, signed by the Deputy Director of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Department at the EC, Fred Tetteh, said the rerun of the Kpandai Constituency parliamentary election would be conducted for only the three candidates who contested the 2024 parliamentary election in the constituency.

They are Matthew Nyindam of the NPP, Daniel Nsala Wakpal of the NDC and Donkor Eric Nipani of the All People’s Congress (APC).

Interview

In spite of the court processes filed by the former MP for Kpandai, Mr Nyindam, yet to be exhausted, the governing NDC has stated its preparedness for the rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election.

An earlier interview with the NDC’s acting Director of Elections and IT, Tanko Rashid-Computer, said the party was prepared for the upcoming rerun parliamentary election in Kpandai.

He added, “The NDC is going to win massively come December 30.”

Matthew Nyindam

However, the former MP for Kpandai, Mr Nyindam, in an interview, expressed confidence in his support base and vowed to contest the rerun.

“I am not worried. I am waiting for the 30th. The people of Kpandai who voted for me in the 2024 election believe that I can represent them,” he said.

He accused the NDC of orchestrating the upcoming rerun, insisting that the 2024 election was conducted fairly.