Bimbilla (Ghana parliament constituency)

Bimbilla 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. Bimbilla is located in the Nanumba North district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Bimbilla
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
DistrictNanumNorth District
Region[[Northern , Ghana|Northern Region]] of Ghana
Current constituency
PartyNew Patriotic Party (Ghana)
MPDominc Aduna Bingab Nitiwul

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1992 Mohamed Ibn Chambas National Democratic Congress
1996 George Mpambi Dagmanyi People's National Convention
2000 Mohamed Ibn Chambas National Democratic Congress
2002 Dominc Aduna Bingab Nitiwul New Patriotic Party
2004 Mohammed Ibn Abass National Democratic Congress
2008 Dominc Aduna Bingab Nitiwul New Partriotic Party

Elections

2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Bimbilla
Source:National Electoral Commission, Ghana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Mohammed Ibn Abass 19,577 51.9 +18.3
New Patriotic Party Dominic Bingab Nitiwul 15,791 41.9 -20.1
People's National Convention Andrew Nogma 1,564 4.1 +1.8
Convention People's Party Ibn Aziz Abass 781 2.1
Majority 3,786 10.0 -18.4
Turnout 39,792 90.0
Bimbilla by-election, 2002,[note 1][1]
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Dominc Aduna Bingab Nitiwul 16,658 62.0 +32.0
National Democratic Congress Mohammed Ibn Abass 9,037 33.6 -27.6
People's National Convention Andrew Ngoma 605 2.3 +1.4
Independent Iddi Aziz 269 1.0
Democratic People's Party Ibn Aziz Abass (DPP) 154 0.6
Great Consolidated Popular Party Abdulai Yusif 144 0.5
Majority 7,621 28.4 -2.8
2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Bimbilla
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Mohamed Ibn Chambas 18,611 61.2
New Patriotic Party Mohammed A. Wumbei 9,117 30.0
National Reform Party Iddi Aziz Iddisah 1,840 6.1
Convention People's Party Kinjas S Sulemana 363 1.2
People's National Convention Nakugli Fusheini Mular 278 0.9
United Ghana Movement Baba A Fusheini 175 0.6
Majority 9,494 31.2

See also

Notes

  1. Dominc Aduna Bingab Nitiwul (NPP) won the by-election on 14 March 2002, after Mohamed Ibn Chambas had vacated the seat to take up his new job as the Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States.

References

  1. "NPP Wins Bimbilla Bye-Elections". General News of Friday, 15 March 2002. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2007-07-27.

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