Renowned pollster Ben Ephson has admitted that his prediction of a one touch victory for President John Mahama in the 2016 presidential elections was wrong.
Barely 10 days to the December 7 polls, Mr Ephson predicted President Mahama to post a first round victory with over 52 percent of votes against the almost 46 percent for three-time presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.Â
Explaining the methodology of his polls, he stated that he sampled views from forty constituencies across the country, in six different polls between August and November and in all of the polls President Mahama comfortably led with more or a little less than 52 percent.
His poll was discounted by the NPP who described as an NDC sponsored survey which he vehemently denied.
Results from the 275 constituencies so far, however, indicate that Mr Ephson may have got it wrong with the NPP's presidential leading comfortably and projected by all major media houses to emerge victorious.
In an interview with GH One TV on Friday, Mr Ephson who has successfully predicted the winners of the last four elections in Ghana, conceded that he got it wrong this time.
According to him, some dynamics which were not considered in his survey came into play hence the wrong results but was quick to add that he was not ashamed that he got it wrong.
Going forward, he said he was interested in analysing the shocking results of the parliamentary elections which had seen the NPP snatching over 40 seats from the NDC.