Tolon (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Tolon
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Tolon/Kumbungu District
Region Northern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Hon. Wahab Wumbei Suhuyini [1]

Tolon 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. Tolon is located in the Northern Region of Ghana. [2] The member of Parliament for the constituency for seventh Parliament of fourth Republic of Ghana was Hon. Wahab Wumbei Suhuyini. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). [1] The current member of parliament for the constituency is Habib Iddrisu. He was elected on the ticket of New Patriotic Party. [3] [4]

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Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1992 Alhaji Abdulai Salifu National Democratic Congress
1996
2000
2004 Umar Abdul-Razak [5] National Democratic Congress
2008
2012 Wahab Wumbei Suhuyini [2] [6] New Patriotic Party
2016
2020 Habib Iddrisu New Patriotic Party

Elections

The following table shows the parliamentary election results for Tolon constituency in the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election. [7]

The below table shows the parliamentary election results for Tolon constituency in the 1996 Ghanaian general election. [8]

1996 Ghanaian general election: Tolon
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Alhaji Abdulai Salifu 14,54545.00—
New Patriotic Party Alhassan Abukari Baako10,46232.40—
Convention People's Party Mohammed Zakaria Nabila4911.50—
Majority14,54545.00—

The following table shows the parliamentary election results for Tolon constituency during the 2000 Ghanaian general election. [9]

2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Tolon
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Alhaji Abdulai Salifu 11,74049.50—
New Patriotic Party Alhassan A. Baako8,70136.50—
Convention People's Party Samson Hussein Salifu2,75111.50—
People's National Convention Mahammadu Natogmah4201.80—
UGMAdam Alhassan2080.90—
Majority11,74049.50—

The table below shows the parliamentary election results for Tolon constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general election. [10]

2004 Ghanaian general election: Tolon
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Umar Abdul-Razak 19,12359.60—
New Patriotic Party Alhaji Iddrisu Adam12,35938.58—
Convention People's Party Salifu Samsin Hussein6121.90—
Majority19,12359.60—

2008 Ghanaian general election

The table below is the results for 2008 Ghanaian general election. [11]

[12]

2008 Ghanaian general election:
Tolon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Umar Abdul-Razak 17,13650.02%
New Patriotic Party Wahab Wumbei Suhuyini 16,48248.12%
PNC Dokurugu A Sulemana3871.13%
DFP Sule Zakaria(Appiah)2500.73%

2012 Ghanaian general election

2012 Ghanaian general election was held on Friday, 7 December 2012. The table below is the results for Tolon constituency 2012 Ghanaian general election . [13]

[14]

2012 Ghanaian general election:
Tolon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Wahab Wumbei Suhuyini 18,11348.89%
National Democratic Congress Umar Abdul-Razak 15,69942.37%
IND Kass Abdul-Latif Tuahir2,4786.69%
Progressive People's Party Ziblila Baba Issfu3981.07%
Convention People's Party Alhassan Adam Damba3610.97%

2016 Ghanaian general election

This table shows the results of 2016 Ghanaian general election for Tolon constituency. [15]

[16]

2016 Ghanaian general election:
Tolon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Wahab Wumbei Suhuyini 21,78250.58%
National Democratic Congress Umar Abdul-Razak 20,72548.12%
PPP Ziblila Baba Issfu3040.71%
Convention People's Party Salifu Samson Hussein2540.59%

2020 Ghanaian general election

The table below is the results of the 2020 Ghanaian general election for Tolon constituency which was held on 7 December 2020. [17]

[18]

2020 Ghanaian general election:
Tolon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Habib Iddrisu 31,42941.13%
National Democratic Congress Yussif Adamu22,14548.12%
APC Sumani Charles Baaba2660.49%

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