North Tongu (Ghana parliament constituency)

North Tongu 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. North Tongu is located in the North Tongu district of the Volta Region of Ghana.^[1]

North Tongu
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana
District	North Tongu District
Region	Volta Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party	National Democratic Congress
MP	Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa

Boundaries

The seat is located within the North Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana. It was formed before the 2004 December presidential and parliamentary elections by the division of the old North Tongu constituency into the new North Tongu and Central Tongu constituencies. The boundaries of the present constituency thus differs from the North Tongu constituency of elections prior to 2004.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1992	Austin Akufo Gamey	National Democratic Congress
2000	Joe Gidisu	National Democratic Congress
2004	Charles Hodogbey	National Democratic Congress
2012	Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa	National Democratic Congress

Elections

2024 Ghanaian general election: North Tongu^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDC	Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa	41,073	93.12	+3.41
	NPP	John Saviour Yaw Eleblu	3,035	6.88	−2.41
Majority			38,038	86.24	+5.74
Turnout			44,383	66.0	—
Registered electors			67,220

2020 Ghanaian general election: North Tongu^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDC	Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa	42,011	89.71	+14.22
	NPP	Richard Collins Arku	4,312	9.21	+6.12
	Ghana Union Movement	Akaho Raymond	505	1.08	—
Majority			37,699	80.50	+25.97
Turnout			—	—	—
Registered electors			—

2016 Ghanaian general election: North Tongu^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDC	Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa	26,560	75.49	−14.96
	Independent	Christopher Kofi Eleblu ¨	7,376	20.96	—
	NPP	Arku Richard Collins	1,086	3.09	−3.74
	PPP	Kudjordzi A. K. Prosper	66	0.19	—
	CPP	Morti-Dzivor Albert Mawuena	52	0.15	−0.21
	NDP	Gordon Bedzra-Gamey	45	0.13	−0.62
Majority			19,184	54.53	−29.09
Turnout			35,696	65.7	−11.6
Registered electors			54,338

2012 Ghanaian general election: North Tongu^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDC	Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa	33,422	90.45
	NPP	Nicholas Ahiadorme	2,522	6.83	—
	United Renaissance Party	David K. Amansunu	350	0.95	—
	NDP	Gordon Bedzra-Gamey	276	0.75	—
	People's National Convention (Ghana)	Agbodza Peter Nash	245	0.66	—
	CPP	Medegli Emmanuel Tse	134	0.36	—
Majority			30,900	83.62	—
Turnout			37,532	77.3	—
Registered electors			48,577

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: North Tongu^[7][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Charles Sename Hodugbey	22,876	78.6	7.1
	New Patriotic Party	Moses Mensah Assem	4,065	14.0	7.1
	Convention People's Party	Emmanuel Yaovi Bobobee	2,042	7.0	—
	Democratic Freedom Party	Eunice Mordey	133	0.5	—
Majority			18,811	64.6	14.6
Turnout			29,485	71.3	—
Registered electors			41,352

2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election:North Tongu
Source:Ghana Home Page
Electoral Commission of Ghana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Charles Hodogbey	21,857	71.5	−6.6
	Independent	Cosmos Etse Astse Asem	6,465	21.1	N/A
	New Patriotic Party	Nicholas Ahiadorme	2,104	6.9	4.5
	People's National Convention	David Amansunu	151	0.5	0.1
Majority			15,392	50.4	N/A
Turnout			31,034	88.6	—
Registered electors			35,042

2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election:North Tongu
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Joe Gidisu	42,392	77.1	9.2
	Convention People's Party	Patience Ami Ameku	10,172	18.5
	New Patriotic Party	George Amedofu Kpobi	1,296	2.4
	National Reform Party	Emmanuel A. K. Bokor	637	1.2
	United Ghana Movement	Larweh Atsu J Confucious	251	0.5
	People's National Convention	Olivia Akua Kpo	204	0.4
Majority			32,220	58.6
Turnout			55,870	65.3	—
Registered electors			85,558

1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election:North Tongu
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Austin Akufo Gamey	43,639	67.9
	Independent	Patience Ami Ameku	19,388	30.0
	People's Convention Party	Alexander Avor	1,554	2.4
Majority			24,241	37.9
Turnout			64,581	80.0	—
Registered electors			80,721

1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election:North Tongu
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Austin Akufo Gamey
Majority
Turnout			40,045	61.3	—

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies