| Agona East | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
 | |
| District | Agona East District |
| Region | Central Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | National Democratic Congress |
| MP | Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr |
Agona East ( // ( 
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The seat is located entirely within the Agona East district of the Central Region of Ghana.
| First Elected | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Kojo Acquah Yankah | National Democratic Congress |
| 2000 | Kweku Adu Yeboah | National Democratic Congress |
| 2004 | John Agyabeng | New Patriotic Party |
| 2012 | Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr | National Democratic Congress |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | John Agyabeng | 15,125 | 49.6 | -8.0 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Theophilus Fuseini Maranga | 15,091 | 49.5 | ||
| Democratic Freedom Party | Magnus Idan | 253 | 0.8 | — | |
| Majority | 34 | 0.1 | -33.8 | ||
| Turnout | — | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | John Agyabeng | 18,030 | 57.6 | 13.1 | |
| Independent | Theophilus Fuseini Maranga | 7,427 | 23.7 | — | |
| National Democratic Congress | Kweku Adu Yeboah | 5,515 | 17.6 | -28.3 | |
| People's National Convention | Stephen Kwame Nkrumah | 339 | 1.1 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | 10,603 | 33.9 | 32.5 | ||
| Turnout | — | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Democratic Congress | Kweku Adu Yeboah | 10,989 | 45.9 | -8.2 | |
| New Patriotic Party | John Agyabeng | 10,664 | 44.5 | 9.6 | |
| National Reform Party | Kofi Anane Adjei | 1,816 | 7.6 | — | |
| Convention People's Party | Joseph Kodjo Duodu | 268 | 1.1 | — | |
| People's National Convention | Isaiah Kwame Asante | 199 | 0.8 | -0.8 | |
| Majority | 325 | 1.4 | -17.8 | ||
| Turnout | — | — | — | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Democratic Congress | Kojo Yankah | 13,336 | 54.1 | — | |
| New Patriotic Party | Yeboah Alex Duodu | 8,605 | 34.9 | — | |
| National Convention Party | James Kweku Mensah | 1,843 | 7.5 | — | |
| People's Convention Party | Kofi Owusu | 470 | 1.9 | — | |
| People's National Convention | Martin Kobina Nkum | 398 | 1.6 | — | |
| Majority | 4,731 | 19.2 | — | ||
| Turnout | 25,329 | 82.5 | 55.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Democratic Congress | Kojo Yankah | — | |||
| Majority | — | ||||
| Turnout | 7,825 | 26.8 | — | ||
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