Wulensi (Ghana parliament constituency)

Ghana constituency infobox
Name = Wulensi
Map1 =
Map2 = Ghana-Northern
Year =
District = Nanumba South District
Region = Northern Region (Ghana)|Northern Region
MP = Wumbei Kofi Karim
Party = New Patriotic Party (NPP)

Wulensi 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. Wulensi is located in the Nanumba South district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located entirely within the Nanumba South district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Wumbei Kofi Karim
votes = 10,476
percentage = 46.4
change = -4.1 Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Laliri George Maban
votes = 9,864
percentage = 43.7
change = -1.3 Election box candidate
party = People's National Convention
candidate = Daniel Okpanul
votes = 881
percentage = 3.9
change = +1.9 Election box candidate
party = Democratic People's Party
candidate = Dawuda Mumuni
votes = 287
percentage = 1.3
change = -0.1 Election box candidate
party = Convention People's Party
candidate = Alhaji Musah Ziblila
votes = 207
percentage = 0.9
change = — Election box majority
votes = 612
percentage = 2.7
change = -1.8 Election box turnout
votes = 23,754
percentage = 89.0
change = +30.9 Election box end

Wumbei Kofi Karim (NPP), a teacher, won the by-election held on 4 March 2002 with a majority of 894 [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=33619 |title=NPP Wins Wulensi By-election |accessdate=2007-05-16 |work=Politics of Wednesday, 5 March 2003 |publisher=Ghana Home Page] following the disqualification of the incumbent MP, Samuel Nyimakan of the NDC by the Supreme Court of Ghana on 15 January, 2003.cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=31615 |title=Supreme Court disqualifies NDC MP |accessdate=2007-05-16 |work=Politics of Thursday, 16 January 2003 |publisher=Ghana Home Page]

Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Wumbei Kofi Karim
votes = 8,197
percentage = 50.5
change = +11.2 Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Sadani Njigur
votes = 7,303
percentage = 45.0
change = -9.4 Election box candidate
party = People's National Convention
candidate = Daniel Okpanul Niwubni
votes = 319
percentage = 2.0
change = — Election box candidate
party = Democratic People's Party
candidate = Dawuda Mumuni
votes = 227
percentage = 1.4
change = — Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Alhaji Ziblila Musah
votes = 75
percentage = 0.5
change = — Election box candidate
party = Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere
candidate = Inusah Natogmah
votes = 56
percentage = 0.3
change = — Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Peter Maagan Oggah
votes = 53
percentage = 0.3
change = — Election box majority
votes = 894
percentage = 4.5
change = -10.6 Election box turnout
votes = 16,798
percentage = 58.1
change = — Election box end

Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Samuel Nyimakan
votes = 9,537
percentage = 54.4
change = — Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Alhaji Saani Iddi
votes = 6,884
percentage = 39.3
change = — Election box candidate
party = National Reform Party
candidate = Binyam S Jangboja
votes = 837
percentage = 4.8
change = — Election box candidate
party = Convention People's Party
candidate = Ayi Abdu-Rahaman
votes = 278
percentage = 1.6
change = — Election box majority
votes = 2,653
percentage = 15.1
change = — Election box end

ee also

*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References