Adams Ebenezer Mahama is a Ghanaian politician and was the member of parliament for the Mion constituency in the Northern region of Ghana. He was a member of parliament in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Hon.
Adams Ebenezer Mahama
Member of Parliament for Mion Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Politics

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Mahama is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Mion constituency in the Northern region in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was succeeded by Ahmed Alhassan Yakubu in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections.[1]

Mahama was elected as the member of parliament for the Mion constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[2] He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[2] His constituency was a part of the 18 parliamentary seats out of 23 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Northern Region.[3][4][5] 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.[3] He was elected with 6,125 votes out of 20,706 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 31.8% of the total valid votes cast.[6] He was elected over Alabira Ibrahim of the Convention People's Party, Iddisah K. Jacob of the People's National Convention, Prince A. Baako of the New Patriotic Party, Emmanuel B. Lag an independent candidate and Stephen O. Yacham of the National Reform Party.[6][7] These obtained 5,578, 3,055, 2,964, 969 and 559 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 29.0%, 15.9%, 15.4% , 5.0and 2.9% respectively of total valid votes cast.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Mion Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 16.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 19 February 2020.
  5. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Northern Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 41.
  7. ^ a b FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Mion Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.