Ghanaian
The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Gold Coast (region), Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of ...
politician. He was member of the First and Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Binduri Constituency in the Upper East Region of
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
Upper East Region
The Upper East Region is located in the northern part of Ghana and it is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. It occupies a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers, or 2.7% of the total land area of Ghana. The reg ...
of
Ghana
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. He was educated to
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Politics
Atubiga was first elected into parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress on 7 January 1993 after he was pronounced winner at the
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 December 1992, the first since 1979. Voter turnout was just 28.1% amidst a boycott by opposition parties, who had claimed the preceding presidential elections in November – won by former military ...
held on 29 December 1992.
He then retained his seat in the
1996 Ghanaian general election
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. In the presidential elections, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC) was re-elected in a single round, defeating John Kufu ...
, polling 10,704 votes out of the 20,373 valid votes cast representing 40.70% over Asaana Dunstan Ayaribilla who polled 5,806 votes representing 22.10%, Mustafa who polled 2,654 votes representing 10.10% and Francis Aboko Ayariga who polled 1,209 votes representing 4.60% of the total votes cast.
He was succeeded by Achidago Bernard Akugri of the National Democratic Congress in the
2000 Ghanaian general election
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December.