Agotime-Ziope

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Agotime-Ziope
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Agotime Ziope District
Region Volta Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created2012
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Charles Agbeve

Agotime-Ziope 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. Agotime-Ziope is located in the newly created Agotime Ziope district of the Volta Region of Ghana. It was created in 2012 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana prior to the Ghanaian general election.

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Members of Parliament

First electedMemberParty
2012Constituency created
2012 Juliana Azumah-Mensah National Democratic Congress
2016 Charles Agbeve National Democratic Congress

The first ever election was held in December 2012 as part of the Ghanaian elections. The National Democratic Congress candidate won the seat with a 12,550 majority. [1] This new constituency was partly carved out of the former Ho East so the first elected Member of Parliament was the sitting MP for Ho East. The National Democratic Party has held this seat since the creation of this constituency although there has been a change of MP. [2]

Elections

2020 Ghanaian general election [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Charles Agbeve 19,14387.80+18.18
New Patriotic Party John Kwaku Amenya2,65912.20+9.14
Majority16,48475.6+25.34
Turnout 21,802
Registered electors 28,950
2016 Ghanaian general election: Agotime Ziope [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Charles Agbeve 11,61469.62-9.18
Independent politician Amenya Wisdom Elvis Ativoe3,22919.36—
National Democratic Party David Yaoga Sunu1,3297.97-2.56
New Patriotic Party John Kwaku5103.06+1.75
Majority8,38550.26-18.09
Turnout 16,682—
2012 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Agotime Ziope [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Juliana Azumah-Mensah14,48578.88—
National Democratic Party David Yaoga Sunu1,93510.53—
New Patriotic Party David Dickson Dzorkpe1,7219.36—
Convention People's Party Sakpa Yao Kuma Donkor2411.31—
Majority12,55068.35—
Turnout ———

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References

  1. ↑ "Election 2012: Agotime-Ziope". Ghanaweb. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Parliamentary Results for Agotime-ziope". GhanaWeb. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Parliamentary Results for Agotime-ziope". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "2020 Election - Agotime Ziope Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Parliamentary Results for Agotime-ziope". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Parliamentary Results - AdakluConstituency". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

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