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10,984 votes out of 22,032 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 49.85% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Yiadom Boakye of the New
Patriotic Party and Okyere George of the Democratic People's Party. These obtained 49.79% and 0.35% of total valid votes cast respectively. He was re-elected by his constituents in the 2020 General election, to represent them in the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
312:. From February 2009 to 2016, Collins Dauda was appointed Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources and reshuffled to the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing. He was also the Vice president of the committee on Lands and Forestry between 1994 and 1996. He later became chairman of the same committee between 1997 and 2000 and also served as member of the Finance and Youth, Sports and Culture Committees.
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Patriotic Party (NPP) thugs, resulting in injuries to NDC members. They asserted Dauda's absence from the scene and criticized the police for rushing to make arrests without sufficient evidence. The NDC reaffirmed its commitment to peaceful participation in the voter registration process but condemned the police's perceived bias and called for impartiality in maintaining law and order.
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329:. The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. Dauda was elected with 9,668 votes out of 18700 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 51.70% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Thomas Broni of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Nsiah Ababio Williams Cosmus of the
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constituency. He continued to represent the constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He won on the ticket of the
National Democratic Congress. His constituency was part of the majority total of 114 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats in that election. Dauda was elected with
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Dauda taught at the Kukuom
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due to an allegation that he'd used black magic to kill his political rival Prof. Gyan-Amoah just a day before the general elections. He however regained the seat in 2004. He has maintained the seat from the 4th to the 7th parliament of the 4th republic. During 2002 and 2004 when he was out of
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