Afigya Kwabre North (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Afigya Kwabre North
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Afigya Kwabre North District
Region Ashanti Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created2012
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Collins Adomako-Mensah

Afigya Kwabre North is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Afigya Kwabre North is located in the Afigya Kwabre North District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

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Boundaries

The Afigya Kwabre North constituency is located entirely within the boundaries of the Afigya Kwabre North District in the Ashanti Region. [1] The district itself was inaugurated on 15 March 2018. [2]

Members of Parliament

First electedMemberParty
Created 2012
2012 Nana Amaniampong Marfo New Patriotic Party
2016 Collins Adomako-Mensah New Patriotic Party

Nana Amaniampong Marfo of the New Patriotic Party was the first ever elected MP for this constituency in the 2012 Ghanaian general election. [3] He retained his seat in the 2016 Ghanaian general election. [4]

Elections

2016 Ghanaian general election: Afigya Kwabre South [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Nana Amaniampong Marfo 17,97871.52+2.18
National Democratic Congress Kwaku Agyekum Asare6,68926.61+2.15
Convention People's Party Frank Opoku2040.810.00
Progressive People's Party Francis Boadu1970.78−3.45
People's National Convention Joyce Oduro680.27−0.20
Majority11,28944.91+0.03
Turnout 59,18676.00−10.70
Registered electors 33,353
2012 Ghanaian general election: Afigya Kwabre South [5] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Nana Amaniampong Marfo 17,59769.34
National Democratic Congress Alex Yaw-Poku6,20724.46
Progressive People's Party Daniel Atta Asenso Peprah1,0734.23
Convention People's Party Duah Hubert2050.81
National Democratic Party Francis Boadu1750.69
People's National Convention Joyce Oduro1200.47
Majority11,39044.88
Turnout 25,64486.70
Registered electors 29,575

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References

  1. "Afigya Kwabre North District Assembly - constituencies". ghanadistricts.com. Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. "Afigya Kwabre North District Assembly". ghanadistricts.com. Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Dublin, David. "Election Passport - Ghana". electionpassport.com. American University. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Electoral Commission of Ghana Detailed Parliamentary Election Results Date of Election :- 7th & 8th December 2016" (PDF). Official website. Electoral Commission of Ghana. 27 December 2016. p. 49. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. "Election 2012: Afigya Kwabre North". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 26 October 2020.