Hon. Theodore Basil Anuka | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Builsa North Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2001 –6 January 2005 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Party | National Democratic Congress |
Theodore Basil Anuka is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. [1] He is a former member of Parliament for the Builsa North constituency in the Upper East Region and a member of the National Democratic Congress political party in Ghana. [1] [2]
Anuka was a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. [1] He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He represented the political party at the Builsa North constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana. [3] His political career began when he contested in the 1996 Ghanaian General elections and won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. [4] [3] He polled 12,794 votes out of the 17,912 valid votes cast representing 56.10% over Avaasi Solomon Akumboa who polled 3,440 votes representing 15.10%,Atulisi Alakawon Andrew who polled 837 votes representing 3.70%,Azaanab Waksman Akuobey who polled 524 votes representing 2.30% and George Kwadwo Amarnah who polled 317 votes 1.40%. [5]
Anuka was elected as the member of parliament for the Builsa North constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. [1] [4] He won the elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. [4] His constituency was a part of the 8 parliamentary seats out of 12 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Western Region. [6] [7] [3] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. [6] He was elected with 6,280 votes out of 16,109 total valid votes cast. [1] This was equivalent to 42.2% of the total valid votes cast. [4] [1] He was elected over Agbaadem J.B. Stanny of the People's National Convention,Azagsuk Azantilow of the New Patriotic Party,and Grace A. Abaayiak of the Convention People's Party. [4] [1] These obtained 5,858,2,162 and 591 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. [1] These were equivalent to 39.3%,14.5% and 4.0% respectively of total valid votes cast. [4] [1]