Gushegu (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Gushiegu
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Gushegu District
Region Northern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Ziblim Iddi

Gushiegu is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. The constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. Gushiegu is located in the Northern Region of Ghana.

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Members of Parliament

First electedMemberParty
Gushegu
1965 Sulemana Ibun Iddrissu Convention People's Party
1969 Seth Adam Ziblim National Alliance of Liberals
1979 Abdulai Al-Hassan Popular Front Party
Third Republic (Gushegu - Karaga)
1979 Issahaku Mahama National Democratic Congress
Fourth Republic (Gushegu - Karaga)
1992 Issahaku MahamaNational Democratic Congress
1996 Iddrisu Huudu National Democratic Congress
Gushegu
2004 Rita Tani Iddi New Patriotic Party
2008 Thomas Kwesi Nasah National Democratic Congress
2016 Ziblim Iddi New Patriotic Party
2020 Alhassan Tampuli SulemanaNew Patriotic Party

Elections

The table below shows the parliamentary election results for Gushegu constituency during the 2000 Ghanaian general election. [1]

2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Gushegu
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Iddrisu Huudu 18,52450.90
New Patriotic Party Rita Tani Iddi 12,68634.80
Convention People's Party Alhassan Musah Yahaya3, 1818.70
People's National Convention Moli Majeed1,5374.20
NRPHamidu S. Imoru2790.80
UGMTahidu Mahamudu2200.60
Majority18,52450.90

The following table shows the parliamentary election results for Gushegu constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general election. [2]

2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Gushegu
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party National Democratic Congress Rita Tani Iddi 14,64352.80
National Democratic Congress Iddrisu Hudu13,10847.20
Majority14,64852.80

The below table shows the parliamentary election results for Gushegu constituency during the 2008 Ghanaian general election. [3]

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Gushegu
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Thomas Kwesi Nasah 14,73250.32
New Patriotic Party Rita Tani Iddi 14,03547.94
People's National Convention Dang- yi1940.66
DFPAbukari Amadu1350.46
Convention People's Party Abdulai Alhassan1310.45
Democratic People's Party Iddrisu A. Rashid510.17
Majority14,73250.32

The following table shows the parliamentary election results for Gushegu constituency in the 2012 Ghanaian general election. [4]

2012 Ghanaian general election: Gushegu
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Thomas Kwesi Nasah 18,77649.94
New Patriotic Party Rita Tani Iddi18,43949.05
UFPManyiman Iddrisu2590.69
Progressive People's Party Mahama Baba1220.32
Majority18,77649.94
2016 Ghanaian general election: Gushegu [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Ziblim Iddi 22,52954.22
National Democratic Congress Thomas Kwesi Nasah 18,47944.47
Progressive People's Party Alhassan Abass3160.76
Convention People's Party Issah Baba2280.55
Majority4,0509.75
Turnout
Registered electors
2020 Ghanaian general election: Gushegu [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Alhassan Tampuli Sulemana 30,40152.01−2.21
National Democratic Congress Mohammed Yussif Malimali28,05547.99+3.52
Majority2,3464.02−5.73
Turnout
Registered electors

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References

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