Sagnarigu (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Sagnarigu
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Tamale Municipal District
Region Northern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created2012
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Fuseini Bashir Alhassan

Sagnarigu 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 South is located in the Tamale Municipal district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Contents

This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2012. [1]

Boundaries

The Sagnarigu constituency seat is located within the Tamale metropolitan district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2012Constituency created
2012 Alhassan Bashir Fuseini. [2] National Democratic Congress
2016 Alhassan Bashir Fuseini. [3] National Democratic Congress
2020 Alhassan Bashir Fuseini. [4] National Democratic Congress

The table below shows the 2012 Ghanaian general election results for Sagnarigu constituency. [5]

2012 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Sagnarigu
Source:http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2012/parliament/northern/
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Alhassan Bashir Fuseini [6] 29,50878.79
New Patriotic Party Yakubu Abdul Kareem6,93518.52
Convention People's Party Alhassan A Suhuyini4031.07
Progressive People's Party Abdul Jamaldeen Ahmed3710.99
National Democratic Party Abdul Kahar Adam2350.63
Majority29,50878.79
2016 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Sagnarigu
Source:http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2016/parliament/northern/
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Alhassan Bashir Fuseini [7] 26,89870.68
New Patriotic Party Habib Iddrisu 7,88820.73
Convention People's Party Zalia Issah2,8207.41
Progressive People's Party Abdul Jamaldeen Ahmed4491.18
Majority26,89870.68

2020 election

The table below shows the 2020 Ghanaian general election results for Sagnarigu constituency in the Northern Region. [8] [9] [10]

2020 Ghanaian general election: Sagnarigu
Source:http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2020/parliament/northern/
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Alhassan Bashir Fuseini [11] 34,98970.68
New Patriotic Party Felicia Tettey26,43443.0
Majority34,98957.0

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