Sissala West is one of the
constituencies represented in the
Parliament of Ghana
The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana.
History
Legislative representation in Ghana dates back to 1850, when the country was a British colony known as Gold Coast. The body, called the Legislative Council, ...
. It elects one
Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
system of election. Sissala West is located in the
Sissala West district
Sissala West District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Sissala District in 1988; until the western part of the district was later split off to create Sissala West Distr ...
of the
Upper West Region
The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the north-western corner of Ghana and is bordered by Upper East region to the east, Northern region to the south, and Burkina Faso to the west and north. The Upper West regional capital and largest set ...
of
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
.
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
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
. Its western neighbours are the
Jirapa
Jirapa is the capital town of the Jirapa Municipal in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Institutions
* The only girls' secondary school in the region, Saint Francis of Assisi Girls' Secondary School, is situated in the town.
* Jirapa Senior Seco ...
,
Lambussie
Lambussie is a small town and is the capital of Lambussie Karni District, Lambussie Karni district, a district in the Upper West Region of north Ghana. 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
Elections
See also
*
List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
This is a list of the 275 constituencies represented in the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, as at the December 2016 general election. It had been increased from 260 at the previous election in December 2012 parliamentary election. Each cons ...
References
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Parliamentary constituencies in the Upper West Region