{"id":263239,"date":"2024-12-09T06:01:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T06:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/09\/actor-john-dumelo-wins-ayawaso-west-wuogon-unseats-lydia-alhassan\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T06:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T06:01:47","slug":"actor-john-dumelo-wins-ayawaso-west-wuogon-unseats-lydia-alhassan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/09\/actor-john-dumelo-wins-ayawaso-west-wuogon-unseats-lydia-alhassan\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor John Dumelo wins Ayawaso West Wuogon, unseats Lydia Alhassan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/869\/86918375.295.jpg\" alt=\"Actor-turned-politician John Setor Dumelo\" title=\"Actor-turned-politician John Setor Dumelo\" width=\"295\" height=\"175\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Actor-turned-politician John Setor Dumelo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Actor-turned-politician John Setor Dumelo has triumphed in the December 7 general elections, winning the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency seat.<\/p>\n<p>This marks Dumelo\u2019s third attempt at securing the seat.<\/p>\n<p>His victory sees him unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament, Lydia Alhassan, paving the way for him to represent the constituency in Parliament in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Dumelo achieved a decisive win at all polling stations located on the University of Ghana campus, cementing his success and affirming strong support from the youth and the academic community.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"c5pLkh4WdLY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NDC supporters chant as their PC Elikplim Akurugu takes over Dome-0Kwabenya seat\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c5pLkh4WdLY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor-turned-politician John Setor Dumelo Actor-turned-politician John Setor Dumelo has triumphed in the December 7 general elections, winning the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency seat. This marks Dumelo\u2019s third attempt at securing the seat. His victory sees him unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament, Lydia Alhassan, paving the way for him to represent the constituency in Parliament [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Actor John Dumelo wins Ayawaso West Wuogon, unseats Lydia Alhassan - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/09\/actor-john-dumelo-wins-ayawaso-west-wuogon-unseats-lydia-alhassan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Actor John Dumelo wins Ayawaso West Wuogon, unseats Lydia Alhassan - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Actor-turned-politician John Setor Dumelo Actor-turned-politician John Setor Dumelo has triumphed in the December 7 general elections, winning the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency seat. 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