Elections 2000: 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

50.00%

JOHN E. ATTA-MILLS

249,119

30.01%

JOHN A. KUFUOR

149,521
CANDIDATE VOTES % SHARE
JOHN E. ATTA-MILLS NDC 249,119 50.00%
JOHN A. KUFUOR NPP 149,521 30.01%
EDWARD MAHAMA PNC 41,990 8.43%
GEORGE HAGAN CPP 36,098 7.25%
GOOSIE TANOH NRP 9,925 1.99%
DAN LARTEY GCPP 8,660 1.74%
CHARLES WEREKO-BROBBEY UGM 2,921 0.59%

President: Marginal Wins

Constituency Votes Difference Percentage
Choggo/Tishigu 1,070
NDC - 38.93%
NPP - 36.92%
Nanton 1,500
NDC - 52.56%
NPP - 39.00%
Nalerigu/Gambaga 2,211
NDC - 46.55%
PNC - 38.53%
Yendi 2,422
NPP - 50.97%
NDC - 40.00%
Salaga 2,467
NDC - 51.31%
NPP - 40.93%

Skirt & Blouse Constituencies

Name Presidential Parliamentary
Salaga JOHN E. ATTA-MILLSNDC BONIFACE A.B. SADDIQUEIND
Total 1

Parliamentary: Summary

Party Seats
Convention People's Party - CPP 0
Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere - EGLE 0
Great Consolidated Popular Party - GCPP 0
Independent Candidate - IND 1
National Democratic Congress - NDC 15
National Reform Party - NRP 0
New Patriotic Party - NPP 2
People’s National Convention - PNC 1
United Ghana Movement - UGM 0

Parliamentary: Marginal Wins

Constituency Votes Difference Percentage
Choggo/Tishigu 352
NDC - 35.40%
NPP - 34.74%
Mion 547
NDC - 31.82%
CPP - 28.98%
Nanton 1,017
NDC - 50.50%
NPP - 41.42%
Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo 1,045
NDC - 25.78%
IND - 22.07%
Salaga 1,821
IND - 40.14%
NDC - 32.54%