Alhaji Issifu Azumah

Alhaji Issifu Azumah is a Ghanaian politician and was the member of parliament for the West Mamprusi (Walewale) constituency in the Northern region of Ghana. He was a member of parliament in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Hon.

Alhaji Issifu Azumah
Member of Parliament for West Mamprusi (Walewale) Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyPeople's National Convention
ProfessionPolitician

Politics

Azumah is a member of the People's National Convention. He was elected as the member of parliament for the West Mamprusi (Walewale) constituency in the Northern region in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was succeeded by Alidu Iddrisu Zakari after the constituency was renamed to Walewale(East) in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections.[1]

Azumah was elected as the member of parliament for the West Mamprusi (Walewale) constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[2] He was elected on the ticket of the People's National Convention.[2] His constituency was the only parliamentary seat out of 23 seats won by the People's National Convention in that election for the Northern Region.[3][4][5] The People's National Convention won 3 parliamentary seat representation out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[3] He was elected with 18,907 votes out of 35,773 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 55.4% of the total valid votes cast.[6] He was elected over Susanna Adam of the National Democratic Congress, Amadu Abdul-Karim of the New Patriotic Party, Shani Danladi of the Convention People's Party and Illiasu Yussif of the National Reform Party.[6][7] These obtained 12,735, 1,509, 631 and 339 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 37.3%, 4.4%, 1.8% and 1.0% respectively of total valid votes cast.[6][7]

References
  1. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Walewale Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 16.
  3. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 19 March 2020.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Northern Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 44.
  7. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Walewale Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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