Abetifi | |
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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.It is situated within the Kwahu East District.The Abetifi constituency is the administrative capital of the Kwahu East District. It is linked up with many Districts and this promotes commercial activities among the District capitals and other nearby communities. [2] 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. [3] He succeeded Peter Wiafe Pepera who had represented the constituency in the 5th Republican parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
First elected | Member | Party |
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First Republic | ||
1965 | Benjamin Kofi Asamoah | Convention People's Party |
Second Republic | ||
1969 | Emmanuel Kwadwo Adu | Progress Party |
Third Republic | ||
1979 | Emmanuel Kwadwo Adu | Popular Front Party |
Fourth Republic | ||
1992 | Opoku Preko | National Convention Party |
1996 | Eugene Atta Agyepong | New Patriotic Party |
2008 | Peter Wiafe Pepera | New Patriotic Party |
2016 | Bryan Acheampong [1] | New Patriotic Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NPP | Bryan Acheampong | 22,287 | 72.77% | ||
NDC | Addo Isaac Amoafo | 8,338 | 27.23% | ||
Majority | 15,949 | 45.54 | |||
Turnout | 30,856 | — | |||
Registered electors | 48,720 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Bryan Achemapong | 25,035 | 72.42% | ||
National Democratic Congress | Asamoah Samuel | 9,536 | 27.58% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Bryan Achemapong | 23,432 | 74.61 | ||
National Democratic Congress | Emmanuel Tabi | 7,975 | 25.39 | ||
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Turnout | 31,407 | — | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Simon Edem Asimah | 20,766 | 63.84 | ||
Progressive People's Party | Samuel Asamoah | 11,764 | 36.16 | — | |
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Turnout | 32,530 | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Peter Wiafe Pepera [7] | ||||
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Turnout | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Eugene Atta Agyepong | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Eugene Atta Agyepong | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Eugene Atta Agyepong | — | |||
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Turnout | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Convention Party | Opoku Preko | — | |||
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