Tamale North (Ghana parliament constituency)

Tamale North
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana
District	Tamale Municipal District
Region	Northern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created	2004
Party	National Democratic Congress
MP	Alhaji Abubakari Sumani

Tamale North 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 North 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.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
2004	Constituency created
2004	Alhaji Abubakari Sumani	National Democratic Congress

Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008: Tamale South
Source:Ghana Home Page

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Democratic Congress	Alhaji Abubakari Sumani	31,127	56.7	-16.5
	Independent	Alhassan Dahamani	11,254	20.5	20.2
	New Patriotic Party	Abdel-Mejeed Haroun	11,170	20.4	0.3
	Convention People's Party	Abu Alhassan Nyabto	610	1.1	-2.8
	People's National Convention	Emelia Afua Awuni	505	0.9	-1.6
	Democratic People's Party	Salifu Anass	204	0.4	—
Majority			19,873	36.2	-16.9
Turnout

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Tamale South
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Democratic Congress	Alhaji Abubakari Sumani	37,854	73.2	—
	New Patriotic Party	Haroun Abdel-Majeed	10,418	20.1	—
	Convention People's Party	Basharu Alhassan Daballi	1,993	3.9	—
	People's National Convention	Emelia Afua Awuni	1,307	2.5	—
	Independent	Issah Ahamed	154	0.3	—
Majority			27,436	53.1	—
Turnout			52,507	87.9	—

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References