Lawra-Nandom (Ghana parliament constituency)

Lawra-Nandom
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
DistrictLawra District
RegionUpper West Region of Ghana
Current constituency
PartyNew Patriotic Party
MPAmbrose P. Dery

Lawra-Nandom 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. Lawra-Nandom is located in the Lawra district of the Upper West Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Lawra District of the Upper West Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1954 Abeifaa Karbo Northern People's Party
United Party
1965 William Gangmir Wononuo
(Lawra) 		Convention People's Party
1966 to 1969: Military rule
1969 Sylvester Emmanuel Sanziri Progress Party
1979 Gandaa Naabomo
(Lawra) 		People's National Party
1982 to 1992: Military rule
1992 Ken Meyir Kunfah National Democratic Congress
1996 Anthony Bondong National Democratic Congress
2000 Benjamin Kunbuor National Democratic Congress
2008 Ambrose Dery New Patriotic Party
2012 - Split into Lawra and Nandom constituencies
Election Member Party Number of terms
2012 Samson Abu National Democratic Congress (Ghana) 1
2016 Anthony N-yoh Abayifaa Karbo New Patriotic Party 1

Elections

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Ambrose P. Dery 16556 47.6 13.7
National Democratic Congress Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor 15,016 43.2 −18.8
Democratic Freedom Party Bede Ziedeng 1,492 4.3 —
Democratic People's Party Ngmenkye C.Yelvele 774 2.2 —
People's National Convention Fatchu Henry 636 1.8 −1.1
Convention People's Party Dabuo Wilson 310 0.9 −0.3
Majority 1,540 4.4 —
Turnout — — —
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana & Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor 19,306 62.0 12.4
New Patriotic Party Ambrose P. Dery 10,549 33.9 22.3
People's National Convention Bapullu Denis Dery 912 2.9 −9.0
Convention People's Party Seidu Adams Billah 371 1.2 —
Majority 8,757 28.1 —
Turnout 33,288 82.4 —
2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor 22,347 74.4 6.6
People's National Convention Tenku Charles 3,570 11.9 −13.7
New Patriotic Party Stephen Yir-Eru Engmen 3,487 11.6 5.0
National Reform Party David Nandoh 641 2.1 —
Majority 18,777 62.5 —
Turnout — — —
1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Anthony Koyiri Bondong 22,441 67.8 —
People's National Convention Edward Nminyuor Gyader 8,486 25.6 —
New Patriotic Party Naapie Guomil 2,192 6.6 —
National Convention Party Ismael Pegkuu Karbo 0.0 0.0 —
Majority 13,955 42.2 —
Turnout 34,885 67.1 42.1
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Ken Meyir Kunfah — — —
Majority — — —
Turnout 13,412 25.0 —

See also