North Tongu (Ghana parliament constituency)

North Tongu
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana

District	North Tongu District
Region	Volta Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party	National Democratic Congress
MP	Charles Hodogbey

North Tongu 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. North Tongu is located in the North Tongu district of the Volta Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the North Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana. It was formed before the 2004 December presidential and parliamentary elections by the division of the old North Tongu constituency into the new North Tongu and Central Tongu constituencies. The boundaries of the present constituency thus differs from the North Tongu constituency of elections prior to 2004.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1992	Austin Akufo Gamey	National Democratic Congress
2000	Joe Gidisu	National Democratic Congress
2004	Charles Hodogbey	National Democratic Congress

Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008: North Tongu Source:Ghana Home Page
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Charles Sename Hodugbey	22,876	78.6	7.1
	New Patriotic Party	Moses Mensah Assem	4,065	14.0	7.1
	Convention People's Party	Emmanuel Yaovi Bobobee	2,042	7.0	—
	Democratic Freedom Party	Eunice Mordey	133	0.5	—
Majority			18,811	64.6	14.6
Turnout					—

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004:North Tongu Source:Ghana Home Page Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Charles Hodogbey	21,857	71.5	-6.6
	Independent	Cosmos Etse Astse Asem	6,465	21.1	N/A
	New Patriotic Party	Nicholas Ahiadorme	2,104	6.9	4.5
	People's National Convention	David Amansunu	151	0.5	0.1
Majority			15,392	50.4	N/A
Turnout			31,034	88.6	—

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000:North Tongu Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Joe Gidisu	42,392	77.1	9.2
	Convention People's Party	Patience Ami Ameku	10,172	18.5
	New Patriotic Party	George Amedofu Kpobi	1,296	2.4
	National Reform Party	Emmanuel A. K. Bokor	637	1.2
	United Ghana Movement	Larweh Atsu J Confucious	251	0.5
	People's National Convention	Olivia Akua Kpo	204	0.4
Majority			32,220	58.6
Turnout					—

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1996:North Tongu Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Austin Akufo Gamey	43,639	67.9
	Independent	Patience Ami Ameku	19,388	30.0
	People's Convention Party	Alexander Avor	1,554	2.4
Majority			24,241	37.9
Turnout			64,581	80.0	—

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1992:North Tongu Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Austin Akufo Gamey
Majority
Turnout			40,045	61.3	—

Notes

↑ Electoral Commission of Ghana (November 2005). "The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections" (PDF). Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra. Retrieved 2007-08-14. line feed character in |publisher= at position 31 (help)

References

Constituencies in the Volta Region of Ghana

NDC	Adaklu Afadjato South Agotime-Ziope Akatsi North Akatsi South Anlo Biakoye Buem Central Tongu Ho Central Ho West Hohoe Keta Ketu North Ketu South Kpando Krachi East Krachi Nchumuru Krachi West Nkwanta North Nkwanta South North Dayi North Tongu South Dayi South Tongu

IND	Akan

NDC (25) Independent (1)

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