Lawra-Nandom (Ghana parliament constituency)

Lawra-Nandom 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. Lawra-Nandom is located in the Lawra district of the Upper West Region of Ghana.

Lawra-Nandom
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana
District	Lawra District
Region	Upper West Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party	New Patriotic Party
MP	Ambrose P. Dery

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Lawra District of the Upper West Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1954	Abeifaa Karbo	Northern People's Party United Party
1965	William Gangmir Wononuo (Lawra)	Convention People's Party
1966 to 1969: Military rule
1969	Sylvester Emmanuel Sanziri	Progress Party
1979	Gandaa Naabomo (Lawra)	People's National Party
1982 to 1992: Military rule
1992	Ken Meyir Kunfah	National Democratic Congress
1996	Anthony Bondong	National Democratic Congress
2000	Benjamin Kunbuor	National Democratic Congress
2008	Ambrose Dery	New Patriotic Party
2012 - Split into Lawra and Nandom constituencies

Election	Member	Party	Number of terms
2012	Samson Abu	National Democratic Congress (Ghana)	1
2016	Anthony N-yoh Abayifaa Karbo	New Patriotic Party	1

Elections

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Ghana Home Page

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Patriotic Party	Ambrose P. Dery	16556	47.6	13.7
	National Democratic Congress	Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor	15,016	43.2	−18.8
	Democratic Freedom Party	Bede Ziedeng	1,492	4.3	—
	Democratic People's Party	Ngmenkye C.Yelvele	774	2.2	—
	People's National Convention	Fatchu Henry	636	1.8	−1.1
	Convention People's Party	Dabuo Wilson	310	0.9	−0.3
Majority			1,540	4.4	—
Turnout			—	—	—

2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana & Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor	19,306	62.0	12.4
	New Patriotic Party	Ambrose P. Dery	10,549	33.9	22.3
	People's National Convention	Bapullu Denis Dery	912	2.9	−9.0
	Convention People's Party	Seidu Adams Billah	371	1.2	—
Majority			8,757	28.1	—
Turnout			33,288	82.4	—

2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor	22,347	74.4	6.6
	People's National Convention	Tenku Charles	3,570	11.9	−13.7
	New Patriotic Party	Stephen Yir-Eru Engmen	3,487	11.6	5.0
	National Reform Party	David Nandoh	641	2.1	—
Majority			18,777	62.5	—
Turnout			—	—	—

1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Anthony Koyiri Bondong	22,441	67.8	—
	People's National Convention	Edward Nminyuor Gyader	8,486	25.6	—
	New Patriotic Party	Naapie Guomil	2,192	6.6	—
	National Convention Party	Ismael Pegkuu Karbo	0.0	0.0	—
Majority			13,955	42.2	—
Turnout			34,885	67.1	42.1

1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Lawra-Nandom
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Ken Meyir Kunfah	—	—	—
Majority			—	—	—
Turnout			13,412	25.0	—

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
• Lawra (Ghana parliament constituency)
• Nandom (Ghana parliament constituency)