Benson Tongo Baba
Hon Benson Tongo Baba | |
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| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Talensi | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benson Tongo Baba 23 September 1948 Bugubelle |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Committees | Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee, Youth, Sports and Culture Committee, Defence and Interior Committee |
Benson Tongo Baba (born 23 September 1948) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Talensi Constituency in the Upper East Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Benson hails from Tengzuk-Tongo. He holds a teacher’s Cert A from the Pusiga Training College and University of Education Winneba.[4][5][6][7]
Personal life
[edit]He is a christian.[8]
Politics
[edit]Hon. Benson Tongo Baba is a member of National Democratic Congress and a member parliament for Talensi constituency in the Upper East Region of Ghana in the Seventh and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[4]
2016 election
[edit]Hon. Tongo Baba contested the Talensi (Ghana parliament constituency) parliamentary seat on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 12,874 representing 41.68% of the total votes. He won the parliamentary seat over Michael Wombeogo of PNC, Mr Wuni Thomas Pearson Duanab zaŋ of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ayam John Bosco of Progressive People's Party (PPP) and Clinton Nambuligyin Bukari of Convention People's Party. They obtained 9,200 votes, 8,382 votes, 248 votes and 187 votes respectively. These is equivalent to 29.78%, 27.15%, 0.80% and 0.61% of the total votes respectively.[9]
2020 election
[edit]Benson Tongo Baba was re-elected as a member of parliament for Talensi constituency in the Upper East Region with 16,651 votes representing 45.65% of the total votes on the ticket of National Democratic Congress. He was elected over Thomas Pearson Duanab Wuni of New Patriotic Party who pulled 13,033 votes which is equivalent to 35.73% and the parliamentary candidate for PNC Michael Wombeogo had 6,971 votes representing 18.62% of the total votes.[10][11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ghana MPs – List of MPs". Ghana MPs. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Wundengba, Daniel (20 September 2020). "Profile of Benson Tongo Baba, MP for Talensi Constituency". Northernghana. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Tongo, Baba Benson". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Parliament of Ghana". parliament of ghana. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Benson Tongo Baba, Biography". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Odekro". odekro. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Benson Tongo Baba". Newsline Ghana. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Talensi Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Talensi Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Parliamentary Results for Talensi". mobile ghanaweb. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ Dogbevi, Emmanuel (8 July 2015). "NDC's B.T. Baba wins Talensi parliamentary bye-election". Ghana Business News. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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