Incumbent National Democratic Congress(NDC)  Member of Parliament (MP) for the Talensi Constituency in the Upper East Region, Benson Tongo Baba, has retained his seat.

The retired Deputy Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service polled 12,874, beating his main  contender Wuni Thomas Pears of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who polled 8,382.

The NDC,  represented by the  former Ghana Olympics Committee chairman, snatched  the seat from the NPP in a by-election held in July, 2015, following Robert Nachinab Doameng of the  (NPP) who resigned  after  becoming the Paramount Chief of Tongo.

Below is the full  parliamentary results of Talensi

PPP (Ayam John Bosco) - 248
NDC (Benson Tongo Baba) - 12,874
NPP (Wuni Thomas Pears) - 8,382
CPP (Clinton Nambuligyi) - 187
PNC (Michael Wombeogo) - 9,200
Total Valid Votes - 31,700
Rejected - 809

Presidential - Talensi Constituency
NDC - 18798
CPP - 96
NDP - 37
PPP - 9,104
PNC - 2,037
Independent - 278
Total votes - 30,540
Rejected - 1,217

By Fiifi Abdul Malik