All those who stood for elections that year were new faces because the incumbent MP Muhammad Mumuni had been chosen as the running mate of the NDC presidential candidate, John Atta Mills.
[6] In 2008 there was no constituency primary as the opposition NDC decided that Kakpagu contest the election on the party's ticket unopposed.
[7] He went on to retain his seat after he had been challenged by two candidates Alidu Binda Talhat of the NPP and Peter Ibrahim Neidow of the CPP.
[6][8] In the 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections, former MP Muhammed Mumuni, returned to contest the seat.
[10] In April 2013, he contested the constituency seat after Muhammad Mumuni vacated it to take up an international appointment.
[14][15] Kakpagu lost the election to Moses Amadu Yahaya of the Convention Peoples' Party.