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Maa Lydia floors John Dumelo to retain Ayawaso West Wuogon seat

The MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Lydia Alhassan, has retained her seat after beating the NDC’s John Dumelo.
Election 2020: Maa Lydia floors John Dumelo to win Ayawaso West Wuogon seat
Election 2020: Maa Lydia floors John Dumelo to win Ayawaso West Wuogon seat

The battle for supremacy in the constituency was keenly contested but the incumbent legislator came out tops.

Per the provisional results, Lydia Alhassan polled 39,851 of the total votes while Dumelo managed 37,778 votes.

Lydia Alhassan had earlier declared herself victorious in the contest after some of the results began trickling in from the various constituency.

"Thank you God for an answered prayer. Thank you Ayawaso West Wuogon for this Victory. I take my scripture from Proverbs 21:31," she posted on Facebook.

Despite running her close, Dumelo couldn't beat the incumbent MP who won by just over 2000 votes.

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