The long-awaited 2024 general election has ended, with the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, announcing actor and politician John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the President-Elect on December 9, 2024.

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John Dumelo, who has featured in several Ghanaian and international movies, was not the only entertainer who secured a victory in his constituency, but Baba Sadiq Abdulai, founder of the 3Music Awards and also musician-turned-politician Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus.Find below the constituencies in which they contested, their contenders, and by which margin they beat their opponents.

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List of entertainment personalitiesJohn Setor Dumelo: Ayawaso West<img src="

alt="" class="wp-image-539169" />Lydia-Alhassan and DumeloActor-turned-politician John Setor Dumelo has won the Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He defeated the incumbent MP, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, in a decisive

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victory.Dumelo’s win paves the way for him to represent the constituency in the 9th Parliament. This was his second attempt at the seat, following his loss to Lydia Alhassan in the 2020 elections.In the final tally, Dumelo received 47,560 votes, while Alhassan secured 39,214 votes. His victory is seen as a significant political upset in Ayawaso West Wuogon, a constituency traditionally known as a stronghold of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).<img

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alt="" class="wp-image-584622" />A PlusKwame A Plus: Gomoa CentralMusician-turned-politician Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, contested for the Gomoa Central Parliamentary seat in the Central Region.A- Plus beat the New Patriotic Party's incumbent MP, Nana Eyiah Quansah, by 2,000 votes.The MP-Elect who contested as an independent candidate polled a total of

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14,277 votes against Nana Eyiah Quansah's 11,637 votes.While other parliamentary candidates together polled a total of 10,112 votes.Baba Sadiq: Okaikwei Central/b&gt;<img src="

alt="" class="wp-image-564859" />Baba SadiqMusic entrepreneur-turned-politician Baba Sadiq ran as the NDC candidate in the 2024 parliamentary election, challenging incumbent MP Patrick Boamah of the NPP.This

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marked Baba Sadiq's first attempt at contesting the Okaikwei Central seat.When 78% of polling station results were tallied, Baba Sadiq led with 15,383 votes, while Patrick Boamah followed closely with 14,949 votes.

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