Newly-elected National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, John Dumelo has said he was underestimated by his opponents.

The actor turned politician said he was able to get the delegates on his side by selling his message to them.

He explained that he began campaigning right after the by-election in the area.

Dumelo said he deliberately did not publicize his community engagements and meetings with delegates to impress upon them to make him the party’s choice for the constituency into the 2020 parliamentary elections.

Speaking on Citi TV, he said the decision left many being uncertain about his chances in the poll as others underrated him.

“Since the by-elections which I didn’t contest in, I have been doing a lot of work on the ground and so that amounted to the 88% [victory]…I think so [I was underrated]. And the good thing that I did was that, most of the political stuff that I did, I did not put it on social media because that is not what is important,” he said.

“What is important is the one-on-one dialogue with the delegates which I was doing, and so that is why people were thinking whether I was contesting or not. When you go to the delegates and you speak their language, they will understand you and they will vote for you,” he noted.

In what could be described as a rout, the actor polled 758 votes against the relatively measly 99 votes garnered by his contender, Suzzy Addoboye.