Tamale Central is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana

Parliament of Ghana

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. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP)

Member of Parliament

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 by the first past the post system of election. Tamale Central is located in the Tamale Metropolitan district

Tamale Municipal District

The Tamale metropolitan District is a district of Ghana in the Northern Region.-Sources:*...

  of the Northern Region

Northern Region (Ghana)

The Northern Region is the largest area of Ghana. As of 2009, it is divided into 20 districts. The region's capital is Tamale. Climatically, religiously, linguistically, and culturally, the region differs greatly from the politically and economically dominating regions of central and southern...

 of Ghana

Ghana

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.

This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004

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 in 2004.

At the by-election

By-election

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 held on 4 April 2006, Alhassan Fuseini Inusah of the National Democratic Congress

National Democratic Congress (Ghana)

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 (NDC) won with a majority of 17502. This followed the resignation of Alhassan Wayo Seini (NDC), who resigned to join the New Patriotic Party

New Patriotic Party

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 but lost the resultant by-election.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Tamale Municipal district of the Northern Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
2004	Constituency created
2004 MPs elected in the Ghana parliamentary election, 2004 This is a list of Members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of Ghana for the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana at the 2004 parliamentary election, held on 7 December 2004....	Alhassan Wayo Seini	National Democratic Congress National Democratic Congress (Ghana) The National Democratic Congress is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry John Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. The NDC was formed ahead of elections in 1992 and 1996 returned Jerry John Rawlings to...
2007	Alhassan Fuseini Inusah	National Democratic Congress National Democratic Congress (Ghana) The National Democratic Congress is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry John Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. The NDC was formed ahead of elections in 1992 and 1996 returned Jerry John Rawlings to...

Elections

Though Alhassan Wayo Seini had left the NDC to join the New Patriotic Party, he stood for the by-election as an independent candidate.