Tamale North (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Tamale North
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Tamale Municipal District
Region Northern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created2004
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Alhaji Abubakari Sumani

Tamale North 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 North 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 2004.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Tamale Municipal district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2004Constituency created
2004 Alhaji Abubakari Sumani National Democratic Congress

Elections

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Tamale South
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Alhaji Abubakari Sumani31,12756.7−16.5
Independent Alhassan Dahamani11,25420.520.2
New Patriotic Party Abdel-Mejeed Haroun11,17020.40.3
Convention People's Party Abu Alhassan Nyabto6101.1−2.8
People's National Convention Emelia Afua Awuni5050.9−1.6
Democratic People's Party Salifu Anass2040.4
Majority19,87336.2−16.9
Turnout
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Tamale South
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Alhaji Abubakari Sumani37,85473.2
New Patriotic Party Haroun Abdel-Majeed10,41820.1
Convention People's Party Basharu Alhassan Daballi1,9933.9
People's National Convention Emelia Afua Awuni1,3072.5
Independent Issah Ahamed1540.3
Majority27,43653.1
Turnout 52,50787.9

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