Moses Dani Baah

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Hon.

Moses Dani Baah
Member of Parliament for Sissala East Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Succeeded byAlhassan Dubie Halutie
Member of Parliament for Sissala Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyPeople's National Convention
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
ProfessionSite Engineer

Moses Dani Baah is a Ghanaian politician and was the Member of Parliament for the Sissala East constituency in the Upper West Region of Ghana. He was a member of the People's National Convention.

Early life and education[]

Baah was born in July, 1951.[1] He attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). From KNUST he obtained a Diploma in Civil Engineering.[1]

Career[]

Baah is a Site Engineer by profession.[1]

Politics[]

Baah was elected the Member of parliament for the Sissala East constituency, formerly Sissala constituency in the Upper West region of Ghana.[1] He represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[citation needed]

2000 Elections[]

Baah was elected as the member of parliament for the constituency in the Upper West region of Ghana in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. He therefore represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[2] He was elected with 16,009 votes out of the total votes cast.[3]

This is equivalent to 55.40% of the total valid votes cast.[3] He was elected over Amidu Sulemana of the National Democratic Congress Party, Lamini M. Dawudu of the New Patriotic Party and Issah Musah of the United Ghana Movement.[3]

These obtained 12,046 votes, 632 votes and 219 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.[3] These were equivalent to 41.70%, 2.20% and 0.80% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[3] Baah was elected on the ticket of the Peoples National Convention.

Baah was elected as the member of parliament for the Sissala East constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He, therefore, represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana from 7 January 2005 to 6 January 2009.

He was elected with 14,186 votes out of 19,129 total valid votes cast.[4] He was elected over Alhassan Dubie Halutie of the National Democratic Congress. Baah was elected on the ticket of the People's National Convention.

His constituency was a part of the only two constituencies won by the People's National Convention in the Upper West region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections. The electorates in the Sissala East constituency voted in a 'skirt and blouse' manner in that elections as the presidential candidate who won for the same constituency was John Kuffour of the New Patriotic Party.

In all the party won just 4 parliamentary representation out of a total 230 seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 211.
  2. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Sissala Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Sissala East Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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