Tamale Central (Ghana parliament constituency)

Ghana constituency infobox
Name = Tamale Central
Map1 =
Map2 = Ghana-Northern
Year = 2004
District = Tamale Municipal District
Region = Northern Region (Ghana)|Northern Region
MP = Alhassan Fuseini Inusah
Party = National Democratic Congress

Tamale Central 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 Central is located in the Tamale Municipal district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004.

At the by-election held on 4 April 2006, Alhassan Fuseini Inusah of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won with a majority of 17502. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=102176 |title=Minister commends Tamale Central electorate for peaceful election |accessdate=2007-05-16 |work=Politics of Wednesday, 5 April 2006 |publisher=Ghana Home Page] This followed the resignation of Alhassan Wayo Seini (NDC), who resigned to join the New Patriotic Party but lost the resultant by-election.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Elections

Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Alhassan Fuseini Inusah
votes = 29,081
percentage = 68.3
change = +10.1 Election box candidate
party = Independent^#
candidate = Alhassan Wayo Seini
votes = 11,579
percentage = 27.2
change = (-13.0)^# Election box candidate
party = Convention People's Party
candidate = Basharu Alhassan Daballi
votes = 1,365
percentage = 3.2
change = +2.7 Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Ahmed Abdul-Karim
votes = 416
percentage = 0.9
change = — Election box candidate
party = Democratic People's Party
candidate = Rita Adams Rukaya
votes = 157
percentage = 0.3
change = — Election box majority
votes = 17,502
percentage = 41.1
change = +23.1 Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box end

Though Alhassan Wayo Seini had left the NDC to join the New Patriotic Party, he stood for the by-election as an independent candidate.

Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Alhassan Wayo Seini
votes = 35,635
percentage = 58.2
change = — Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Adam Mohammed Amin
votes = 24614
percentage = 40.2
change = — Election box candidate
party = People's National Convention
candidate = Iddrisu Andani U-Azu
votes = 693
percentage = 1.1
change = — Election box candidate
party = Convention People's Party
candidate = Dr Adam Gamel Nasser
votes = 329
percentage = 0.5
change = — Election box majority
votes = 11,021
percentage = 18.0
change = — Election box end

ee also

*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References