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Elections 2016: Upper West
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History
The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the north-western corner of Ghana and is bordered by Upper East region to the east, Northern region to the south, and Burkina Faso to the west and north. The Upper West regional capital and largest settlement is Wa. Upper West is the youngest region, created in Ghana by the then Head of State, Flight-Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings in 1983 under the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC). The area was carved out of the former Upper Region, which is now the Upper East Region.
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Demographics
The Upper West Region is one of the 16 regions of Ghana. It is located at the North Western corner of Ghana with latitude 9.8°- 11.O° North and longitude 1.6°- 3.0 West, bounded to Burkina Faso to the North. It covers a geographical area of 18,476 square kilometers, representing 12.7% of the total land area of Ghana. The northern Ghana-Burkina Faso is bordered on the east by the Upper East region and Northern regions, on the south by the Northern region, on the west by western Ghana-Burkina Faso, and the Upper West region on the north. It is the seventh largest region in Ghana in total area, and it is made up of 11 districts. By virtue of its location, the Upper West Region has the potential for international and inter-regional trade and other bi-lateral relations, but the overspill of criminal activities and disaster, such as bush fires, diseases and pestilence, armed robbery etc., from the region's neighbors also pose a threat
After 11 out of 11 Constituencies Declared
58.37%JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA167,032 |
35.94%NANA A. AKUFO-ADDO102,843 |
| CANDIDATE | VOTES | % SHARE |
|---|---|---|
JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA NDC
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167,032 | 58.37% |
NANA A. AKUFO-ADDO NPP
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102,843 | 35.94% |
EDWARD MAHAMA PNC
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4,963 | 1.73% |
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PAPA KWESI NDUOM PPP
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4,708 | 1.65% |
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JACOB OSEI YEBOAH IND
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4,456 | 1.56% |
IVOR KOBINA GREENSTREET CPP
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1,451 | 0.51% |
NANA KONADU AGYEMAN-RAWLINGS NDP
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704 | 0.25% |
President: Marginal Wins
| Constituency | Votes Difference | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Sissala West | 286 |
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| Wa East | 545 |
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| Sissala East | 1,093 |
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| Lawra | 3,519 |
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| Daffiama Bussie Issa | 5,032 |
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Skirt & Blouse Constituencies
| Name | Presidential | Parliamentary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawra | JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA | NDC | ANTHONY N-YOH PUOWELE KARBO | NPP |
| Nandom | JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA | NDC | AMBROSE DERY | NPP |
| Sissala West | JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA | NDC | PATRICK AL-HASSAN ADAMAH | NPP |
| Total | 3 | |||
Parliamentary: Summary
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| All People’s Congress - APC | 0 |
| Convention People's Party - CPP | 0 |
| Democratic People’s Party - DPP | 0 |
| Great Consolidated Popular Party - GCPP | 0 |
| Independent Candidate - IND | 0 |
| National Democratic Congress - NDC | 6 |
| National Democratic Party - NDP | 0 |
| New Patriotic Party - NPP | 5 |
| People’s National Convention - PNC | 0 |
| Progressive People’s Party - PPP | 0 |
| United Front Party - UFP | 0 |
| United Progressive Party - UPP | 0 |
Parliamentary: Marginal Wins
| Constituency | Votes Difference | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Wa Central | 571 |
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| Sissala East | 796 |
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| Nandom | 878 |
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| Lawra | 1,228 |
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| Wa East | 1,336 |
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