Elections 1996: Northern

  • Date Created

    March, 1957

    Population

    1544946

  • History

    The Northern Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana. It is located in the north of the country and was the largest of the sixteen regions, covering an area of 70,384 square kilometres or 31 percent of Ghana's area until December 2018 when the Savannah Region and North East Regions were created from it. The Northern Region is divided into 14 districts. The region's capital is Tamale.

  • Demographics

    The Northern Region has a low population density, and, along with the official language of English, most inhabitants (52%) speak a language of the Oti–Volta subfamily in the Niger–Congo language family, such as Dagbani, Mamprusi or Konkomba. The Dagbon Kingdom, of the Dagomba people, is located in the region.

After 19 out of 19 Constituencies Declared

NDC
NPP

60.04%

JERRY J. RAWLINGS

318,875

34.15%

JOHN A. KUFUOR

181,346

President: Marginal Wins


Skirt & Blouse Constituencies

Name Presidential Parliamentary
Bimbilla JERRY J. RAWLINGSNDC DAGMANYI MPAMBI GEORGEPNC
Mion JOHN A. KUFUORNPP ALABIRA IBRAHIMPCP
Wulensi JERRY J. RAWLINGSNDC IDDI SHANINPP
Total 3

Parliamentary: Summary


Parliamentary: Marginal Wins