Former Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has massive support from the delegates of the New Patriotic Party.

Over 70 per cent of the delegates vouched for Dr Bawumia to lead the party as flagbearer once again, according to an independent poll conducted by the Communication Research and Perception Study Group, a non-affiliated research study group.

This research group seeks to "conduct unbiased, social scientific research into candidate preferences in democratic elections".

The group, in conducting the research, asked delegates questions related to their preferences for flagbearer, the date for the party's presidential primaries, among others.