Wulensi (Ghana parliament constituency)


Wulensi is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. Wulensi is located in the Nanumba South district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located entirely within the Nanumba South district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1992National Democratic Congress
1996Alhaji Saani IddiNew Patriotic Party
2000Samuel NyimakanNational Democratic Congress
2002Wumbei Kofi KarimNew Patriotic Party
2008Alhaji Saani IddiIndependent

Following the death of the independent MP Alhaji Saani Iddi in early June 2012, the Electoral Commission of Ghana set 31 July 2012 as the date for a by-election following registration of candidates on 3 July and 4 July 2012.

Elections

Wumbei Kofi Karim, a teacher, won the by-election held on 4 March 2002 with a majority of 894 following the disqualification of the incumbent MP, Samuel Nyimakan of the NDC by the Supreme Court of Ghana on 15 January 2003.