Kumbungu (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Kumbungu
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Tolon/Kumbungu District
Region Northern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Hamza Adam

Kumbungu 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. Kumbungu is located in the Northern Region of Ghana. The current member of Parliament for the constituency is Hamza Adam. He won the 2020 Ghanaian general election. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Members of Parliament

First electedMemberParty
Created 1992
1992 Alhassan Musah National Democratic Congress
1996 Muhammed Mumuni National Democratic Congress
2000 Muhammed Mumuni National Democratic Congress
2004 Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu National Democratic Congress
2012 Muhammed Mumuni National Democratic Congress
2013 Moses Amadu Yahaya Convention People's Party
2016 Ras Mubarak National Democratic Congress
2020 Hamza Adam National Democratic Congress

Elections

The table below shows the parliamentary election results for Kumbungu constituency during the 1996 Ghanaian general election. [5]

1996 Ghanaian general election: Kumbungu
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Muhammed Mumuni 13,49548.60
Convention People's Party Saeed Ahmed Abdallah7,49827.00
NCPIddrisu Huseini5171.90
Majority13,49548.60

The following table shows the parliamentary election results for Kumbungu constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general election. [6]

2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Kumbungu
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Muhammed Mumuni 12,47760.40
New Patriotic Party Alidu Binda Talhat3,69917.90
Convention People's Party Iddrisu Iddi3,55517.20
UGMIssahaku Huzeru4562.20
People's National Convention Umar M. Hashim3391.60
NRPDawuda Ibrahim1270.60
Majority12,47760.40

The below table shows the parliamentary election results for Kumbungu constituency during the 2004 Ghanaian general election. [7]

2004 Ghanaian general election: Kumbungu
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu 22,24577.50
New Patriotic Party Prince Imoro Alhassan Andani5,96820.80
Convention People's Party Mohammed Imoro4981.70
Majority22,24577.50

The following table shows the parliamentary election results for Kumbungu constituency in the 2008 Ghanaian general election. [8]

2008 Ghanaian general election: Kumbungu
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu 18,15567.83
New Patriotic Party Alidu Binda Talhat6,09622.78
Convention People's Party Peter Ibrahim Neidow2,5159.40
Majority18,15567.83

2012 Ghanaian general election

This table shows the results of 2012 Ghanaian general election for Kumbungu constituency. [9]

[10]

2012 Ghanaian general election:
Kumbungu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Muhammad Mumuni 18,28556.57%
New Patriotic Party Abdulai Mohammed Saani8,52326.37%
Convention People's Party Moses Amadu Yahaya 4,13412.79%
Progressive People's Party Alhassan Abukari1,1463.55%
NDP Imoro Issahaku2360.73%

2013 By-Election

By-election was organized by electoral commission on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 to hold in the Kumbungu constituency in the Kumbungu district of the Northern Region when the member of Parliament for the constituency Muhammad Mumuni was appointed as Secretary-General of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. [11] In line with Article 112(5) of the constitution as amended by section 3 of Act 527, he has no option than abdicating his seat. [11] Convention people's party candidate Moses Amadu Yahaya won this by-election. This was the first time different political party won the seat other than National Democratic Congress since the constituency was created. [12] [13]

[14]

2016 Ghanaian general election:
Kumbungu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Ras Mubarak 18,77755.03%
Convention People's Party Moses Amadu Yahaya 8,40524.63%
New Patriotic Party Iddrisu Mutaru5,19615.23%
Progressive People's Party Abukari Abdul Gatawu1,6234.76%
All People's Congress Mohammed Mutaru Sulemana1210.35%
Majority10,37230.4%
Turnout

2020 Ghanaian general election

The table below is the results of the 2020 Ghanaian general election for Kumbungu constituency which was held on 7 December 2020. [15] [16]

2020 Ghanaian general election:
Kumbungu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Hamza Adam 22,96154.60%
New Patriotic Party Abdul-Salam Hamza Fataw17,14440.77%
IND Abukari Abdul Fataw1,1542.78%
CPP Nabila Alhassan Basiru7951.89%

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