Sissala West (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Sissala West
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Sissala West District
Region Upper West Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created2004
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Mohammed Adams Sukparu

Sissala West 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. Mohammed Adams Sukparu is the member of parliament for the constituency. [1] Sissala West is located in the Sissala West district of the Upper West Region of Ghana.

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This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. To the north is Burkina Faso. Its western neighbours are the Jirapa, Lambussie and Nadowli East constituencies. The Nadowli East constituency continues round the south and to the east is the Sissala East constituency.

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230. This was done by splitting the previous Sissala constituency into the Sissala East and Sissala West constituencies respectively. [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2004 Haruna Bayirga People's National Convention
2008 Haruna Bayirga People's National Convention
2012 Amin Amidu Sulemana National Democratic Congress
2016 Patrick Adama Al-Hassan New Patriotic Party
2020 Mohammed Adam Sukparu National Democratic Congress
2024 Mohammed Adam Sukparu National Democratic Congress

Elections

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Sissala West
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
People's National Convention Haruna Bayirga5,95037.1
National Democratic Congress Robert Bakah Wavei5,30133.1
New Patriotic Party George Hikah Benson4,51728.2
Convention People's Party J.B. Adunah1971.2
Democratic Freedom Party Ibrahim Lious570.4
Majority 6494.0
Turnout

See also

References

  1. "Upper West Region - 2024 Results". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  2. "Elections 2004: Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Electoral Commission of Ghana. November 2005. p. 13. Retrieved 2009-05-08.