The Deputy Director of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Tanko Rashid Computer, has said the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries could change its fortunes in the 2028 general elections.

Responding to Global Info Analytics’ projection that the NDC could secure 154 parliamentary seats if elections were held today, Tanko argued that the party had not yet selected its candidates for the next general elections.

Speaking to Alfred Ocansey on TV3, he said the performance of some sitting MPs and the eventual selection of new parliamentary candidates could influence the party’s electoral prospects.

“The dynamics will look different when it gets to the primaries. The primaries would determine who represents us in the next general election,” he said.

Tanko acknowledged that some sitting NDC MPs could lose their positions during the primaries, making way for new candidates.

“It’s possible that some of our MPs might fall and you might have new faces because it’s a game of numbers,” he stated.

He also explained that the party intended to move away from the delegate system and allow active party members to participate in selecting parliamentary candidates, in line with the Supreme Court judgment referenced during the interview.

“We are not going to use the delegate system to elect our parliamentary candidates. We are going to go by the Supreme Court judgment, and we are going to use active party members to elect our parliamentary candidates,” he said.

According to Tanko, the candidates selected through the primaries, together with the performance of the Mahama-led government, would influence the NDC’s chances in the next election.

He maintained that the party had developed additional strategies to strengthen its position ahead of 2028, insisting that the current projections did not account for all the factors that could shape the eventual contest.