Sissala West (Ghana parliament constituency)

Sissala West
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana
District	Sissala West District
Region	Upper West Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created	2004
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.

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

Election	Member	Party
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's National Convention	Haruna Bayirga	5,950	37.1	—
	National Democratic Congress	Robert Bakah Wavei	5,301	33.1	—
	New Patriotic Party	George Hikah Benson	4,517	28.2	—
	Convention People's Party	J.B. Adunah	197	1.2	—
	Democratic Freedom Party	Ibrahim Lious	57	0.4	—
Majority			649	4.0	—
Turnout			—	—	—

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

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.