11% of voters admitted taking money in 2024 elections — GIMPA-KAS survey
A recent survey by the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), has uncovered that 11.1 percent of voters accepted money or some form of inducement to vote in Ghana’s 2024 general elections.
Dr. Joseph A. Darmoe, Director of Programmes at KAS and Senior Lecturer at GIMPA, presented the report, highlighting the ongoing challenge of vote-buying and its damaging effects on Ghana’s democratic process.
While most voters said their choices were influenced by party affiliation (26.6 percent), campaign policies (17.4 percent), and candidate personality (16.2 percent), more than one in ten admitted financial incentives played a role.
“This shows that inducement still plays a role in shaping voter behaviour in Ghana,” Dr. Darmoe stated, warning that such actions threaten electoral accountability and public trust. The survey further identified other voting influences, with 12.3 percent voting based on development projects and 6.4 percent influenced by ethnicity. Family or peer pressure (4.6 percent), religious beliefs (1.8 percent), and tradition (1.3 percent ) also factored into voter decisions.
