Achidago B. Akugri
Hon. Achidago B. Akugri | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Binduri Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | Fortunate Atubiga |
| Succeeded by | Mark Anthony Awuni |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality |  Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
Achidago B. Akugri is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[1] He is a former member of Parliament for the Binduri constituency in the Upper East Region and a member of the National Democratic Congress political party in Ghana.[1][2]
Politics
[edit]Akugri was a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[1] He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He represented the political party at the Binduri constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana.[3]
His political career began when he contested in the 2000 Ghanaian General elections and won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[4][3]
2000 Elections
[edit]Akugri was elected as the member of parliament for the Binduri constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[1][4] He won the elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[4] His constituency was a part of the 8 parliamentary seats out of 12 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Western Region.[5][6][3]
The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[5] He was elected with 12,174 votes out of 19,927 total valid votes cast.[1] This was equivalent to 64% of the total valid votes cast.[4][1]
He was elected over Atubiga Mathias of the People's National Convention, James A. Anaba of the New Patriotic Party, and Benjamin A. Asatanga of the National Reformed Party.[4][1] These obtained 3,562, 2,937 and 349 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast.[1] These were equivalent to 18.7%, 15.4% and 1.8% respectively of total valid votes cast.[4][1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results -Binduri Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Upper East Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ a b c FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Upper East Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- ^ a b c d e f Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 46.
- ^ a b "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- ^ "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 2020-02-19.