He predicted that Akufo-Addo of the NPP will win the election with 52.6% of the votes while Mahama will obtain 45.7%.[44][45] The Political Science Department of the University of Ghana polled 11,949 respondents and predicted that Akufo-Addo (NPP) will win 51.7% of the vote while Mahama wins 40.4%.[45][46] An iPoll survery of 670 respondents predict 48.7% of the votes for Mahama and 46.7% for Akufo-Addo implying the election may go a second round as the winner has to have over 50% of the votes.[47] The Governance Research Bureau predicted that Akufo-Addo will obtain 49.19% of the votes and Mahama 48.27% also implying a second round of elections may be needed.[46]