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Iddrisu Huudu

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Hon.
Iddrisu Huudu
Member of Parliament for Gushiegu/Karaga Constituency
In office
7 January 1997 – 6 January 2001
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Member of Parliament for Gushiegu/Karaga Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Iddrisu Huudu is a Ghanaian politician and was the Member of Parliament for the Gushiegu/Karaga constituency in the Northern region of Ghana. He was a Member of Parliament in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Politics

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Huudu is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Gushiegu/Karaga constituency in the Northern region in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was succeeded by Rita Tani Iddi in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections.[1]

Huudu was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Gushiegu/Karaga 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 18,524 votes out of 37,264 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 50.9% of the total valid votes cast.[6] He was elected over Rita Tani Iddi of the New Patriotic Party, Alhasan M. Yahaya of the Convention People's Party, Moli Majeed of the People's National Convention, Hamidu S. Imoru of the National Reform Party and Tahidu Mahamudu of the United Ghana Movement.[6][7] These obtained 12,686, 3,181, 1,537, 279 and 220 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 34.8%, 8.7%, 4.2%, 0.8 and 0.6% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[6][7]

Huudu initially represented his constituency at the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections and was elected into parliament on 7 January 1997.

References

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  1. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Gusheigu Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  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. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. ^ "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 2020-02-19.
  5. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Northern Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  6. ^ a b c Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 40.
  7. ^ a b FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Gushiegu / Karaga Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-03.