Wulensi | |
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constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
District | Nanumba South District |
Region | Northern Region of Ghana |
Current constituency | |
Party | Independent |
MP | Alhaji Saani Iddi |
Wulensi is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one pember of parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. Wulensi is located in the Nanumba South district of the Northern Region of Ghana. [1]
The seat is located entirely within the Nanumba South district of the Northern Region of Ghana.
Election | Member | Party |
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1992 | National Democratic Congress | |
1996 | Alhaji Saani Iddi | New Patriotic Party |
2000 | Samuel Nyimakan | National Democratic Congress |
2002 | Wumbei Kofi Karim | New Patriotic Party |
2008 | Alhaji Saani Iddi | Independent |
2016 | Thomas Donkor Ogajah | New Patriotic Party |
2020 | Abukari Dawuni | National Democratic Congress |
Following the death of the independent MP Alhaji Saani Iddi in early June 2012, [2] [3] the Electoral Commission of Ghana set 31 July 2012 as the date for a by-election following registration of candidates on 3 July and 4 July 2012. [4]
The below table is the parliamentary election results for the Wulensi constituency in the 2020 Ghanaian general election. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Democratic Congress | Abukari Dawuni | 20,148 | 50.77 | — | |
New Patriotic Party | Thomas Donkor Ogajah | 19,184 | 48.25 | — | |
GUM | Moses Mukambe Nyilkajer | 238 | 0.60 | — | |
L.P.G | Zakaria Mohammed | 150 | 0.38 | — | |
Majority | 20,148 | 50.77 | — |
The table below shows the parliamentary election results for Wulensi constituency during the 2016 Ghanaian general election. [6] [7] [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Thomas Donkor Ogajah | 14,950 | 48.84 | — | |
National Democratic Congress | Laliri George Maban | 11,061 | 36.14 | — | |
Progressive People's Party | Yakubu Lumpu | 4,214 | 13.77 | — | |
IND | Habib Tahid Damba | 233 | 0.76 | — | |
Convention People's Party | Mamani Wumbei Abdulai | 150 | 0.49 | — | |
Majority | 14,950 | 48.84.1 | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alhaji Saani Iddi | 10,174 | 37.1 | — | |
New Patriotic Party | Thomas Donkor Ogajah NPP | 8,538 | 31.1 | -15.3 | |
National Democratic Congress | Laliri George Maban | 8,335 | 30.4 | -13.3 | |
Convention People's Party | Musah Ziblim Star Boy | 196 | 0.7 | -0.2 | |
People's National Convention | Thomas Muyabi | 171 | 0.6 | — | |
Majority | 1,636 | 6.0 | 3.3 | ||
Turnout | — | — | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Wumbei Kofi Karim | 10,476 | 46.4 | -4.1 | |
National Democratic Congress | Laliri George Maban | 9,864 | 43.7 | -1.3 | |
People's National Convention | Daniel Okpanul | 881 | 3.9 | +1.9 | |
Democratic People's Party | Dawuda Mumuni | 287 | 1.3 | -0.1 | |
Convention People's Party | Alhaji Musah Ziblila | 207 | 0.9 | — | |
Majority | 612 | 2.7 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 23,754 | 89.0 | +30.9 |
Wumbei Kofi Karim (NPP), a teacher, won the by-election held on 4 March 2002 with a majority of 894 [9] following the disqualification of the incumbent MP, Samuel Nyimakan of the NDC by the Supreme Court of Ghana on 15 January 2003. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Wumbei Kofi Karim | 8,197 | 50.5 | +11.2 | |
National Democratic Congress | Sadani Njigur | 7,303 | 45.0 | -9.4 | |
People's National Convention | Daniel Okpanul Niwubni | 319 | 2.0 | — | |
Democratic People's Party | Dawuda Mumuni | 227 | 1.4 | — | |
Independent | Alhaji Ziblila Musah | 75 | 0.5 | — | |
Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere | Inusah Natogmah | 56 | 0.3 | — | |
Independent | Peter Maagan Oggah | 53 | 0.3 | — | |
Majority | 894 | 4.5 | -10.6 | ||
Turnout | 16,798 | 58.1 | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Democratic Congress | Samuel Nyimakan [10] | 9,537 | 54.4 | — | |
New Patriotic Party | Alhaji Saani Iddi | 6,884 | 39.3 | — | |
National Reform Party | Binyam S Jangboja | 837 | 4.8 | — | |
Convention People's Party | Ayi Abdu-Rahaman | 278 | 1.6 | — | |
Majority | 2,653 | 15.1 | — |
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