Binduri | |
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constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
District | Binduri District |
Region | Upper East Region of Ghana |
Current constituency | |
Party | National Democratic Congress |
MP | Ben Azure Noah |
Binduri 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. Binduri was part of in the Bawku Municipal district of the Upper East Region of Ghana but has since June 2012 become a full district.
The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana.
The Bawku Municipality with its administrative capital located at Bawku is one of the 13 MMDAs in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The Municipality was upgraded from the then Bawku District Assembly, through the Local Government (Establishment) Instrument, 1989 .The population of Bawku Municipal, according to the 2010 Population and Housing Census, is 98,538 representing 9.4 percent of the Upper East region‟s total population. Males constitute 48.0 percent and females represent 52.0 percent. 36.4 percent of the population is rural and 63.6 percent is urban. It shares boundaries with Pusiga District to the North, Binduri District to the South, Garu-Tempane District to the East and Bawku West to the West
The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana and is the second smallest of 10 administrative regions in Ghana, occupying a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers or 2.7 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. The Upper East regional capital is Bolgatanga, sometimes referred to as Bolga. Other major towns in the region include Navrongo, Paga, Bawku and Zebilla.
Binduri shares boundaries with Garu Tempane District to the east and south, Bawku Municipality to the north and Bawku West District to the west in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
Election | Member | Party |
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1992 | Fortunate Atubiga | National Democratic Congress |
2000 | Achidago B. Akugri | National Democratic Congress |
2004 | Mark Anthony Awuni | National Democratic Congress |
2008 | Stephen Yakubu | New Patriotic Party |
2012 | Ben Azure Noah | National Democratic Congress |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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New Patriotic Party | Stephen Yakubu | 9,103 | 50.8 | ||
National Democratic Congress | Mark Anthony Awini | 8,357 | 46.6 | ||
People's National Convention | Azure Cyrian Ayendago | 292 | 1.6 | ||
Convention People's Party | Barichie T. Yakubu | 103 | 0.6 | ||
Democratic Freedom Party | Elias Ayeebo | 75 | 0.4 | ||
Democratic People's Party | Ndezure Peter | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Majority | — | ||||
Turnout | — |
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