Tamale Central (Ghana parliament constituency)

Tamale Central
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
District Tamale Metropolitan District
Region Northern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created 2004
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Alhassan Fuseini Inusah

Tamale Central is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Tamale Central is located in the Tamale Metropolitan district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004.

At the by-election held on 4 April 2006, Alhassan Fuseini Inusah of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won with a majority of 17502.[1] This followed the resignation of Alhassan Wayo Seini (NDC), who resigned to join the New Patriotic Party but lost the resultant by-election.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Tamale Municipal district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2004 Constituency created
2004 Alhassan Wayo Seini National Democratic Congress
2006 Alhassan Fuseini Inusah National Democratic Congress

Elections

Tamale Central by-election, 2006
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Alhassan Fuseini Inusah 29,081 68.3 +10.1
Independent# Alhassan Wayo Seini 11,579 27.2 (-13.0)#
Convention People's Party Basharu Alhassan Daballi 1,365 3.2 +2.7
Independent Ahmed Abdul-Karim 416 0.9 —
Democratic People's Party Rita Adams Rukaya 157 0.3 —
Majority 17,502 41.1 +23.1
Turnout

Though Alhassan Wayo Seini had left the NDC to join the New Patriotic Party, he stood for the by-election as an independent candidate.

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Tamale Central
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Alhassan Wayo Seini 35,635 58.2 —
New Patriotic Party Adam Mohammed Amin 24614 40.2 —
People's National Convention Iddrisu Andani U-Azu 693 1.1 —
Convention People's Party Dr Adam Gamel Nasser 329 0.5 —
Majority 11,021 18.0 —

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minister commends Tamale Central electorate for peaceful election". Politics of Wednesday, 5 April 2006 (Ghana Home Page). Retrieved 2007-05-16.

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