Lydia Alhassan Retains Ayawaso West Wuogon Seat

Lydia Alhassan Retains Ayawaso West Wuogon Seat

 

 

The Member of Parliament MP for the Ayawaso West Wuogon in the Greater Accra Region, Lydia Seyram Alhassan has retained her seat in Parliament. According to the Electoral Commission EC Madam Lydia Seyram Alhassan who contested the parliamentary seat on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party NPP won with 39,851 votes. Her main contender, John Dumelo of

 

the NDC polled 37,778 votes. The keenly contested election saw both candidates optimistic of emerging victorious. John Dumelo earlier urged the public to dismiss reports claiming he is losing the seat to Lydia Alhassan. According to him the internal projections suggest that he is winning the seat. Lydia Alhassan had earlier said she will win the seat with 60% votes. They

 

 

are appreciative of the work that we have done, and for me I have been an MP for less than two years and they have seen my good works. My signature is all over the place and so for them, they are renewing my mandate and that of President Akufo Addo, she said. Replacing her late husband Emmanuel Boakye Agyarko in January 2019 she contested and won the parliamentary seat for

 

 

the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. She won the 2019 Ayawaso West by election with 68.80% of the valid votes cast while the other candidates, Mr. Kwasi Delali Brempong of opposition party National Democratic Congress NDC polled 30.52% William Kofi Dowokpor of the Progressive People’s Party PPP and Clement Boadi of the Liberal Party of Ghana LPG polled 0.58 and 0.10 percent respectively.