The emphatic win of lawyer Bernard Bediako Baidoo in the Akwatia by-election has pushed the governing National Democratic Congress(NDC) to gain a super majority in the legislature.

This now reduces the seats held by the New Patriotic Party(NPP) in Parliament to 87, with that of the NDC currently at 183.

If the NDC goes ahead to win the Tamale Central by-election, which the NPP has indicated it will not contest, then the NDC's majority in Parliament will increase to 184 seats.

In a significant political turnaround, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, a private legal practitioner and candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), won the closely contested Akwatia by-election in the Eastern Region.

Mr. Baidoo secured 18,199 votes, representing approximately 54% of the total votes cast.

This victory marks a major breakthrough for the NDC as it reclaims the key swing constituency from the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

His closest rival, Solomon Kwame Asumadu of the NPP, garnered 15,235 votes, while Owusu Patrick of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) received 82 votes.

The win repositions the NDC in Akwatia, a historically competitive seat where the NPP had maintained a narrow 5-4 parliamentary advantage since 1992.

This result follows an intensely fought campaign and a highly competitive NDC primary in August, where Mr. Baidoo defeated contenders including Erasmus Koney Ali and former MP Henry Yiadom Boakye.

The by-election was necessitated by the passing of the incumbent NPP MP, Ernest Yaw Kumi, who won the seat in the 2024 general election by a margin of 2,063 votes, defeating the NDC’s Henry Yiadom Boakye.