Farouk Aliu Mahama, son of late former Vice President of Ghana, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, has won the Yendi parliamentary seat for the New Patriotic Party.

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Farouk Mahama won the seat with 40,624 votes. His main contender, Alhassan Abdul Fatawu of the opposition National Democratic Congress also garnered 24,755 votes.

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Prior to the election on December 7, 2020, the MP-elect predicted that he would win 80% of the total votes.

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Farouk Aliu Mahama will be taking over the position from Alhaji Mohammed Habib Tijani who is also the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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Alhaji Mohammed Habib Tijani has been the MP of Yendi since 2012.Â

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Source: citinewsroom

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