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Elections 2012: Northern
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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.
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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
| CANDIDATE | VOTES | % SHARE |
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President: Marginal Wins
| Constituency | Votes Difference | Percentage |
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Skirt & Blouse Constituencies
| Name | Presidential | Parliamentary | ||
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| Total | 0 | |||
Parliamentary: Summary
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| Convention People's Party - CPP | 0 |
| Democratic People’s Party - DPP | 0 |
| Ghana Freedom Party - GFP | 0 |
| Great Consolidated Popular Party - GCPP | 0 |
| Independent Candidate - IND | 1 |
| Independent People's Party - IPP | 0 |
| IPC Party - IPC | 0 |
| National Democratic Congress - NDC | 12 |
| National Democratic Party - NDP | 0 |
| New Patriotic Party - NPP | 6 |
| New Vision Party - NVP | 0 |
| People’s National Convention - PNC | 0 |
| Progressive People’s Party - PPP | 0 |
| United Front Party - UFP | 0 |
| United Renaissance Party - URP | 0 |
| Yes People’s Party - YPP | 0 |
Parliamentary: Marginal Wins
| Constituency | Votes Difference | Percentage |
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| Tatale Sanguli | 36 |
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| Gushiegu | 337 |
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| Mion | 551 |
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| Saboba | 676 |
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| Tamale North | 1,014 |
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