Sissala West 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. Mohammed Adams Sukparu is the member of parliament for the constituency. Sissala West is located in the Sissala West district of the Upper West Region of Ghana.
This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004.
Boundaries The seat is located within the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. To the north is Burkina Faso. Its western neighbours are the Jirapa, Lambussie and Nadowli East constituencies. The Nadowli East constituency continues round the south and to the east is the Sissala East constituency.
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. This was done by splitting the previous Sissala constituency into the Sissala East and Sissala West constituencies respectively.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 2004 Haruna Bayirga People's National Convention 2008 Haruna Bayirga People's National Convention 2012 Amin Amidu Sulemana National Democratic Congress 2016 Patrick Adama Al-Hassan New Patriotic Party 2020 Mohammed Adam Sukparu National Democratic Congress 2024 Mohammed Adam Sukparu National Democratic Congress
Elections
See also List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
References