Sissala East (Ghana parliament constituency)

Sissala East
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
DistrictSissala East Municipal
RegionUpper West Region of Ghana
Current constituency
PartyNew Patriotic Party
MPHon. Amidu Chinnia

Sissala East 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. Sissala East is located in the Sissala East Municipal of the Upper West Region of Ghana.

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

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Its northern neighbour is Burkina Faso. To the north west is the Sissala West constituency and the Wa East is to the south west. From north to south along the eastern border lie the Chiana-Paga constituency in the Kassena/Nankana District and the Builsa North and Builsa South constituencies in the Builsa District, all within the Upper East Region.

History

In 2004, the Sissala West was carved out of this constituency by the Electoral Commission of Ghana.[1] The MPs and results listed here prior to 2004 are for the old Sissala constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1992 Alhaji Amidu Sulemana National Democratic Congress
2000 Moses Dani Baah People's National Convention
2008 Alhassan Dubie Halutie National Democratic Congress

Elections

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Sissala East
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Alhassan Dubie Halutie 7,060 36.9 —
People's National Convention Moses Dani Baah PNC 6,843 35.8 —
New Patriotic Party Issah Baworun Ahmed 5,226 27.3 —
Majority 217 1.1 —
Turnout — — —

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elections 2004: Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Electoral Commission of Ghana. November 2005. p. 13. Retrieved 2009-05-08.