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Yendi (Ghana parliament constituency) - Wikipedia

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Yendi
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
DistrictYendi Municipal District
RegionNorthern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
PartyNew Patriotic Party
MPFarouk Aliu Mahama[1]

Yendi 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. It is located in the Northern Region of Ghana. Sulemana Ibun Iddrisu represented the constituency in the 5th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana . He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 617 votes more than candidate closest in the race, to win the constituency.[2] He succeeded Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu who had represented the constituency in parliament from 1997 to 2009 on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mohammed Habib Tijani of the New Patriotic Party succeeded Ibun Iddrisu, when he won against him in the 2012 Elections.

The current MP for the Yendi Constituency in the 8th Parliament of Ghana is Farouk Aliu Mahama of the New Patriotic Party. He was elected on December 7, 2020, and got sworn into office, a month later on 7 January, 2021.

Members of Parliament

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First elected Member Party
Created 1992
1996 Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu New Patriotic Party
2000 Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu New Patriotic Party
2004 Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu New Patriotic Party
2008 Sulemana Ibun Iddrisu National Democratic Congress
2012 Mohammad Habibu Tijani New Patriotic Party
2016 Mohammad Habibu Tijani New Patriotic Party
2020 Farouk Aliu Mahama New Patriotic Party

The following table shows the parliamentary election results for Yendi constituency during the 1996 Ghanaian general election.[3]

The below table shows the parliamentary election results for Yendi constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general election.[4]

The table below shows the parliamentary election results for Yendi constituency during the 2004 Ghanaian general election.[5]

The following table shows the parliamentary election results for Yendi constituency during the 2008 Ghanaian general election.[6]

The table below shows the parliamentary election results for Yendi constituency in the 2012 Ghanaian general election.[7][8]

The following table shows the parliamentary election results for Yendi constituency during the 2016 Ghanaian general election.[9]

The below table shows the parliamentary election results for Yendi constituency in the 2020 Ghanaian general election.[10][11][12]

  1. ^ "Ghana MP's - MP Details". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  2. ^ "Results Parliamentary Elections".
  3. ^ FM, Peace (2014-12-17). "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Yendi Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  4. ^ FM, Peace (2014-12-17). "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Yendi Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  5. ^ FM, Peace (2014-12-17). "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Yendi Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  6. ^ FM, Peace (2014-12-17). "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Yendi Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  7. ^ FM, Peace. "Yendi Constituency Results - Election 2012". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  8. ^ "Parliamentary Results - YendiConstituency". mobile.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  9. ^ FM, Peace. "Yendi Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  10. ^ FM, Peace. "Yendi Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  11. ^ "Parliamentary Results for Yendi". mobile.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  12. ^ "Yendi – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report". Retrieved 2024-02-24.

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