Election 2024: Dumelo, Lydia Alhassan Give Tight Marking During Ayawaso West Wuogon Special Voting

• Lydia Alhassan and John Dumelo have engaged citizens during the Ayawaso West Wuogon special voting
• The earlier voting for those basedin the constituency is currently taking place at the Legon Police Station
• Ayawaso West Wuogon is reportedly one of the constituencies to watch in the 2024 Ghanaian general election

Lydia Seyram Alhassan, the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon and her challenger, John Dumelo, are stealing headlines on the first day of special voting.

The two candidates, representing the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress, respectively, are in the thick of events, closely monitoring the Special Voting process at Legon Police Station Special Voting Centre.

The two were pictured engaging voters in queues waiting to cast ballots during the special voting.

Ayawaso West Wuogon is expected to be a keenly contested constituency during the polls.

While the constituency has long been a stronghold of the NPP, the NDC made significant gains in the 2020 polls.

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Alhassan won the seat by a narrow margin of 2,373 votes, a 75% reduction from the previous 10,057 vote margin in the 2016 polls.

More about the special voting process

Approximately 131,478 voters, constituting 0.007% of the registered total, are expected to take part in the special voting process.

The Eastern and Western Regions were excluded following the Electoral Commission's decision to recall and reprint ballot papers for those areas.

According to the EC, this was after a report from National Security stated that a defaced ballot paper, earmarked for destruction, had been found outside a printing house.

The special voting in these regions has been rescheduled to Thursday, December 5, 2024, as a result of this discrepancy.

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Some questioned why she drove the bus without the required license D and said Dumelo would be arrested for the same.

The two have tried to one-up each other with various antics in the race to the seat in the Ayawaso West Wuogon area.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh