Sissala West is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana

Parliament of Ghana

The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Ghanaian government.-History:Legislative representation in Ghana dates back to 1850, when the country was a British colony. The body, called the Legislative Council, was purely advisory as the Governor exercised all legislative and executive...

. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP)

Member of Parliament

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 by the first past the post system of election. Sissala West is located in the Sissala West district

Sissala West District

The ' is one of the eight districts in the Upper West Region of Ghana....

  of the Upper West Region

Upper West Region

The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the northwestern corner of the country and is bordered by Burkina Faso to the north. The capital and largest city is Wa. Other towns include Nandom, Daffiema, Jirapa, Kaleo, Nadowli, Lawra and Tumu....

 of Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

.

This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004

The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 7 December 2004. Presidential elections were held on the same day.-Results:-See also:*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies*MPs elected in the Ghana parliamentary election, 2004-External links:**...

 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

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...

. Its western neighbours are the Jirapa

Jirapa (Ghana parliament constituency)

Jirapa is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

, Lambussie

Lambussie (Ghana parliament constituency)

Lambussie is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

 and Nadowli East

Nadowli East (Ghana parliament constituency)

Nadowli East is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. Nadowli East is located in the Nadowli district of the Upper West Region of Ghana....

 constituencies. The Nadowli East constituency continues round the south and to the east is the Sissala East

Sissala East (Ghana parliament constituency)

Sissala East is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

 constituency.

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana

Electoral Commission of Ghana

The Electoral Commission of Ghana is the official body in Ghana responsible for all public elections. Made up of seven members, its independence is guaranteed by the 1992 Ghana constitution. The current commission was established by the Electoral Commission Act of 1993.-Members:The Commission is...

 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

Election	Member	Party
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004 The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 7 December 2004. Presidential elections were held on the same day.-Results:-See also:*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies*MPs elected in the Ghana parliamentary election, 2004-External links:**...	Haruna Bayirga	People's National Convention

Elections