Agona East (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Agona East
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Agona East District
Region Central Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr

Agona East ( // ( Loudspeaker.svg listen )) 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. Agona East is located in the Agona East district of the Central Region of Ghana.

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Boundaries

The seat is located entirely within the Agona East district of the Central Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

First ElectedMemberParty
1992 Kojo Acquah Yankah National Democratic Congress
2000 Kweku Adu YeboahNational Democratic Congress
2004 John Agyabeng New Patriotic Party
2012 Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr National Democratic Congress

Elections

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Agona East
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party John Agyabeng15,12549.6-8.0
National Democratic Congress Theophilus Fuseini Maranga15,09149.5
Democratic Freedom Party Magnus Idan2530.8
Majority340.1-33.8
Turnout
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Agona East
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party John Agyabeng18,03057.613.1
Independent Theophilus Fuseini Maranga7,42723.7
National Democratic Congress Kweku Adu Yeboah5,51517.6-28.3
People's National Convention Stephen Kwame Nkrumah3391.10.3
Majority10,60333.932.5
Turnout
2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Agona East
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Kweku Adu Yeboah10,98945.9-8.2
New Patriotic Party John Agyabeng10,66444.59.6
National Reform Party Kofi Anane Adjei1,8167.6
Convention People's Party Joseph Kodjo Duodu2681.1
People's National Convention Isaiah Kwame Asante1990.8-0.8
Majority3251.4-17.8
Turnout
1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Agona East
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Kojo Yankah 13,33654.1
New Patriotic Party Yeboah Alex Duodu8,60534.9
National Convention Party James Kweku Mensah1,8437.5
People's Convention Party Kofi Owusu4701.9
People's National Convention Martin Kobina Nkum3981.6
Majority4,73119.2
Turnout 25,32982.555.7
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Agona East
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Kojo Yankah
Majority
Turnout 7,82526.8

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