Abetifi (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Abetifi
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Kwahu East District
Region Eastern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Bryan Acheampong [1]

The Abetifi constituency is in the Eastern region of Ghana. The current member of Parliament for the constituency is Bryan Acheampong. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and won a majority of 9,724 votes more than candidate closest in the race, to win the constituency election to become the MP. [2] He succeeded Peter Wiafe Pepera who had represented the constituency in the 5th Republican parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

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Members of Parliament

First electedMemberParty
1965 Benjamin Kofi Asamoah Convention People's Party
1969 Emmanuel Kwadwo Adu Progress Party
1992 Opoku Preko National Convention Party
1996 Eugene Atta Agyepong New Patriotic Party
2000
2004
2008 Peter Wiafe Pepera New Patriotic Party
2012
2016 Bryan Acheampong [1] New Patriotic Party

Elections

2016 Ghanaian general election: Abetifi
Source:Ghanaweb
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Bryan Achemapong23,43274.61
National Democratic Congress Emmanuel Tabi7,97525.39
Majority
Turnout 31,407
2012 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Abetifi
Source:GhanaWeb
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Simon Edem Asimah20,76663.84
Progressive People's Party Samuel Asamoah11,76436.16
Majority
Turnout 32,530
2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Abetifi
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Peter Wiafe Pepera [3]
Majority
Turnout
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Abetifi
Source: Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Eugene Atta Agyepong
Majority
Turnout
2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Abetifi
Source:GhanaWeb
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Eugene Atta Agyepong
Majority
1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Abetifi
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Eugene Atta Agyepong
Majority
Turnout
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Abetifi
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Convention Party Opoku Preko
Majority
Turnout

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References

  1. 1 2 "Parliamentary Results for Abetifi". Ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. "Results Parliamentary Elections". Ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. "Ghana MPS - MP Details -". Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-07-01.