Jaman North (Ghana parliament constituency)

Jaman North
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana
District	Jaman North District
Region	Bono Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created	2004
Party	New Patriotic Party
MP	Siaka Steven

Jaman North is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Jaman North is located in the Jaman North district of the Bono Region of Ghana.

This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Jaman North District of the Bono Region of Ghana.

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230.

Members of Parliament

First Elected	Member	Party
2004	Constituency created
2004	Alexander Asum Ahensah	National Democratic Congress
2012	Siaka Stevens	New Patriotic Party

Elections

2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Jaman North
Source:Ghana Home Page

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Alexander Asum Ahensah	12,027	52.1	N/A
	New Patriotic Party	Dr Kof Oti Ankrah	10,424	45.1	N/A
	Convention People's Party	Kwasi Twene Aduasare	437	1.9	N/A
	Democratic People's Party	Freeman Abdulai	206	0.9	N/A
Majority			1,603	7.0	N/A

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies