Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District
Region Northern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Duut Emmanuel Kwame

Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo was one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elected its Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo was located in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo district of the erstwhile Northern Region of Ghana. It was split into the Bunkpurugu and Yunyoo constituencies prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election.

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Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1992 Joseph Yaani Labik National Democratic Congress
2000 Namburr Berrick National Democratic Congress
2004 Joseph Yaani Labik Independent
2008 Duut Emmanuel Kwame National Democratic Congress
2012Constituency split into Bunkpurugu and Yunyoo constituencies

Elections

MPs elected in the Ghana parliamentary election, 2008: Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Duut Emmanuel Kwame9,20528.77.4
New Patriotic Party Dubik Mahama Yakubu6,80021.2−1.6
Independent Joseph Labik Yaani6,39519.9−6.6
Independent Joseph Bipuba Naabu5,87518.3
People's National Convention Dubik Abraham Saman2,4257.6−0.2
Independent Jabon Thomas Lomnan9152.9
Democratic Freedom Party John B. Bugri3010.9
Convention People's Party Duut Martin Kombian1620.5−0.9
Majority2,4057.53.8
Turnout
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Joseph Yaani Labik8,43626.54.4
New Patriotic Party Mahama Yakubu Dubik7,26522.89.4
National Democratic Congress Namburr Berrick6,79121.3−4.5
Independent Joseph Bipoba Naabu6,44720.2
People's National Convention Saman A. Dubik2,4807.8−7.2
Convention People's Party Duut Martin Kombian4611.40.3
Majority1,1713.70.0
Turnout 33,61690.5
2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archive
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Namburr Berrick7,25125.8−54.6
Independent Joseph Yaani Labik6,20622.1
Independent Elizabeth P Poyari4,22415.0
People's National Convention James Lamisi Nawang4,22015.06.4
New Patriotic Party David Dubique Konlaa3,77913.4
National Reform Party Thomas Akar Gyimah2,1417.6
Convention People's Party Konmong A Elijah3041.1
Majority1,0453.7−65.7
Turnout 28,125
1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Joseph Yaani Labik26,01780.4
People's Convention Party David Dubique Konlaa3,54711.0
People's National Convention Kombian Banamin2,7858.6
Majority22,47069.4
Turnout 33,47582.2
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Joseph Yaani Labik
Majority
Turnout

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