Joseph Trumah Bayel

Joseph Trumah Bayel born is a ghanaian politician and a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of ghana and a former member of parliament for Sawla/kalba district of the northern region of ghana.[1][2]

Hon.

Joseph Trumah Bayel
Member of Parliament for Sawla/Kalba Constituency
In office
7 January 1997 – 6 January 2001
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Member of Parliament for Sawla/Kalba Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Early life and education

Bayel was born on 20 June 1954.[3] He attended St John Bosco's Training College.[3]

Career

Bayel is a teacher by profession.[3] He is also a Ghanaian politician.[3]

Politics

He is a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[4][5]His first appearance in parliament was in 1996 when he contested as a parliamentary candidate for the Sawla/Kalba constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[6]He won with a total of 17,876 valid vote cast making 59.40%.[7]He contested again in the 2000 ghanaian general election and maintained the seat for the National Democratic Congress with 10,286 votes making 57.50% of the total valid vote cast.[8]His political with the National Democratic Congress ended but he resurfaced in 2012 on the ticket.

Bayel was first elected into parliament on 7 January 1997 after he emerged winner at the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. He defeated Simindon Alfred Mantor of the Convention People's Party by obtaining 59.40% of the total votes cast which is equivalent to 17,876 votes while his opposition obtained 14.00% of the total votes cast which is equivalent to 4,213 votes

Personal life

Bayel is a Christian.[3]

References
  1. "Halt activities of Fulani herdsmen - MPs appeal". www.ghanaweb.com. 7 July 1999. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. Bolaji, M. H. A.; Gariba, Mohammed Adam (2020). "The Scramble for the Partition of the Northern Region of Ghana: Conflict and the Quest for the Coterminality of Cultural and Political Boundaries". African Sociological Review / Revue Africaine de Sociologie. 24 (1): 75–104. ISSN 1027-4332. JSTOR 26918066.
  3. Ghana Parliamentary Register 1993-1996. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. p. 131.
  4. "Northern Region". www.ghanareview.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. "MPs: Northern Region". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. Peace FM. "Election 2016 - Sawla / Kalba Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Sawla / Kalba Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. Peace FM. "Parliament - Sawla / Kalba Constituency Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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