He polled 208 votes to beat Imams Basha Firduas who secured 28 votes and Baba Wahab a former DCE for the area who polled 168 votes.
The re-run for a parliamentary candidate became imperative following the sudden resignation of Shaharawi Bashiru over ill health
Northern regional secretary of the party, Sule Salifu said that Mr. Shaharawi withdrew from the race after his doctors declared him unfit for the contest.The former NPP parliamentary aspirant narrowly escaped death when the V8 vehicle he and two other persons were traveling in, spurt a front tyre and crashed into a tree killing the two other individuals instantly on the Kumasi-Kintampo Highway, Saturday, November 08, 2015.
Mr. Shaharawi was also pronounced dead until they reached the Tamale Teaching Hospital morgue where he was found to be unconscious.
It was said that the parliamentary candidate shook his body when they were about to put him in the hospital morgue.
