Bawku Central (Ghana parliament constituency)

Bawku Central
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
District Bawku Municipal District
Region Upper East Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Adamu Dramani

Bawku 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. Bawku Central is located in the Bawku Municipal district of the Upper East Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Bawku Municipal District in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Prior to the 2004 parliamentary election, the Pusiga constituency was carved out of the pre-existing Bawku Central constituency in what was then known as the Bawku East District. The current constituency is thus smaller in area than that preceding the 2004 election.[1]

Members of Parliament

The current MP is Adamu Dramani who was elected in the December 2008 elections.[2][3] Adamu Dramani Sakande was jailed for 2 years by the Supreme Court of Ghana for forgery on 27 July 2012. This follows a case brought in the High court by Mr Sumaila Biebel, a cattle dealer in 2009 stating that Dramani did not qualify to be an MP as he held both a British and a Burkinabé passport.[4]

ElectionMemberParty
1992 Hawa Yakubu Independent
1996 Fati Seidu National Democratic Congress
2000 Hawa Yakubu New Patriotic Party
2004 Mahama Ayariga National Democratic Congress
2008 Adamu Dramani New Patriotic Party

Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008: Bawku Central
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±
New Patriotic Party Adamu Daramani 20,157 53.4 26.7
National Democratic Congress Mahama Ayariga 17,385 46.1 -2.5
Democratic Freedom Party Alhaji Imoro Yaro-N-Kano 71 0.2
People's National Convention Amidu Alhaji Mamudu Sisala 54 0.1 -0.8
Convention People's Party Rodalin Imoru Ayarna 52 0.1 -0.8
Majority 2,772 7.3 -14.6
Turnout

Status of MP challenged in court

The incumbent MP, Adamu Dramani was ordered by the Supreme Court of Ghana to vacate his seat as he was deemed to be a national of the United Kingdom and could thus not be a sitting MP.[5] Mr. Dramani however won a stay of execution on appeal.[6] The case ended when the Court of Appeal decided that the plaintiff should have filed an electoral petition instead of a writ of summons.[7]

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Bawku Central
Source:National Electoral Commission, Ghana
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Democratic Congress Mahama Ayariga 18,518 48.6 +1.9
New Patriotic Party Hawa Yakubu 10,169 26.7 -21.9
Independent Abubakar Ustarz 8,574 22.5
Convention People's Party Tiaban Kunduma 353 0.9 -0.1
People's National Convention Amidu Mamadu 333 0.9 -1.8
Independent Sadat Amadu 161 0.4
Majority 8,349 21.9 +20.0
Turnout 38,405 77.3
Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000: Bawku Central
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
Party Candidate Votes % ±
New Patriotic Party Hawa Yakubu 22,335 48.6
National Democratic Congress Fati Seidu 21,461 46.7
People's National Convention Abdul K Yussif 1,239 2.7
United Ghana Movement Hadi Melayia 505 1.1
Convention People's Party Yakubu S Kundiima 451 1.0
Majority 874 1.9

See also

References

  1. "Elections 2004 - Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Ghana and Friedrich Ebert Foundation. November 2005. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  2. "Hon. Daramani - Sakande Adamu". Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  3. "Hon. Adamu Daramani (NPP) (Bawku Central)". GhanaDistricts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  4. "MP found guilty of forgery, jailed for two years". General news. Ghana Home Page. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  5. "Bawku Central MP To Vacate Seat". General News. Ghana Home Page. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  6. "Appeals court grants applications of Bawku Central MP". General News. Ghana Home Page. 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  7. Malik Abass Daabu (2010-03-18). "Bawku Central MP wins at Appeals Court". MyJoyOnline. Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2010-08-23.

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