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{{Short description|An electoral constituency in Ghana}}
{{Infobox Ghana constituency|Name=Daffiama-Bussie-Issa|Map1=<!-- Map of constituency location in district-->|Map2=Ghana-Upper West|Year=|District=[[Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District]]|Region=[[Upper West Region]]|MP=[[Sebastian Ngmenenso Sandaare]]|Party=[[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|National Democratic Congress]]}}
'''Daffiama-Bussie-Issa''' is one of the [[Constituency|constituencies]] represented in the [[Parliament of Ghana]]. It elects one [[Member of Parliament|Member of Parliament (MP)]] by the [[first past the post]] system of election. Daffiama-Bussie-Issa is located in the [[Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District]] of the [[Upper West Region]] of [[Ghana]].
== Boundaries ==
The seat is located within the [[Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District]] of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Its western neighbour is [[Nadowli-Kaleo District]]. To the north is the [[Jirapa (Ghana parliament constituency)|Jirapa]] and [[Sissala West (Ghana parliament constituency)|Sissala West]] to the east the [[Sissala East (Ghana parliament constituency)|Sissala East]] and to the south east the and [[Wa West District|Wa East]] to the south the [[Wa Municipal District|Wa]].<ref name=":0">2010 Population & Housing Census [https://www2.statsghana.gov.gh/docfiles/2010_District_Report/Upper%20West/Daffiama_Bussie.pdf District Analytical Report ][[Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District]] retrieved on 22 December 2021</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=New Districts & Nominated DCEs|url=http://ghanadistricts.com/pdfs/newcreateddistricts.pdf|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305161824/http://ghanadistricts.com/pdfs/newcreateddistricts.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2013|website=ghanadistricts}}</ref>
== History ==
The constituency was changed in 2012 when the initial [[Nadowli District]] was divided into the [[Nadowli-Kaleo District]] and [[Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District]]. Therefore, the Nadowli-Kaleo became the new constituency for the initial [[Nadowli West (Ghana parliament constituency)|Nadawli West]] and the [[Nadowli East (Ghana parliament constituency)|Nadowli East constituency]] was also changed to Daffiama-Bussie-Issa constituency.<ref name=":0" />
== Members of Parliament ==
''for initial [[List of MPs elected in the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election#Upper West Region - 8 seats|1992]]–[[2000 Ghanaian general election|2000]] (Nadawli South) [[2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election|2004–]][[2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election|2008]] (see [[Nadowli East (Ghana parliament constituency)|Nadowli East]])''
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!Member
!Party
|-
|2012
|[[Puozaa Mathias Asuma]]
|[[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|National Democratic Congress]]
|-
|2016<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=2016 Election - Daffiama / Bussie / Issa Constituency Results|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2016/parliament/upperwest/daffiama_bussie_issa/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-23|website=Peace FM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223080732/https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2016/parliament/upperwest/daffiama_bussie_issa/ |archive-date=2021-12-23 }}</ref>
|[[Sebastian Ngmenenso Sandaare|Sebastian Sandaare]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sebastian Sandaare Parliament of Ghana Profile|url=https://www.parliament.gh/mps?mp=248|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-23|website=Parliament of Ghana|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212020104/https://www.parliament.gh/mps?mp=248 |archive-date=2019-02-12 }}</ref>
|National Democratic Congress
|-
|2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Daffiama / Bussie / Issa Constituency Results - Election 2020|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2020/upperwest/daffiama_bussie_issa/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-23|website=Peace FM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114093220/https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2020/upperwest/daffiama_bussie_issa/ |archive-date=2021-01-14 }}</ref>
|Sebastian Sandaare
|National Democratic Congress
|-
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== See also ==
* [[List of Ghana Parliament constituencies]]
{{Ghanaian constituencies}}{{Constituencies in Upper West Region of Ghana}}{{coord missing|Ghana}}
[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in the Upper West Region]]