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The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Mr. Kwame Zu has disclosed that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is gradually losing grips of its stronghold, the Ashanti region.

And it is a good indication that the NDC is winning the region come 2020 general elections.

"With the figures changing through the voter registration exercise, it looks like the Ashanti region will cease to be the world bank of the New Patriotic Party and it is a clear indication that the party is losing the general election," he said.

Breaking down the figures in an interview on Okay FM's Ade Akye Abia program, he explained that a total of 3,360,000 was recorded during the voter registration exercise as against 3,670,000 in 2016.

The Suame constituency also had its share of the drop in figures with only 92,000 registering compared to its previous 107, 000 last year.

"If these numbers are anything to go by then I can tell you that the NDC will win 2020 general elections," he added.

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The voter registration exercise ended with 16,963,306 persons registered to vote.

These provisional figures were announced today [Wednesday] by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, pending processes of deduplication and adjudication.

It includes the 30,814 persons registered during the two-day mop-up registration exercise over the weekend.

She expects the figure to drop after these processes.

“The process of deduplication and adjudication, which are currently going will flag multiple registrations in the system,” she said.

“Additionally, the challenge system put in place during the registration and exhibition exercise will further flag unqualified voters on the register,” Jean Mensa noted further.

The EC chairperson is confident that the upcoming processes “will contribute to the cleaning of the register and ensure its integrity and credibility ahead of the 2020 election.”

The Greater Accra Region had the most registered voters with 3,509,805 persons.

The Ashanti Region followed with 3,013,856 persons, Eastern Region with 1,628,108 persons and the Central Region with 1,566,061 persons.