Akim Abuakwa North (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Akim Abuakwa North
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District East Akim Municipal District
Region Eastern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created 2004
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Gifty Twum Ampofo [1]

Akim Abuakwa North is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It was created out of the Abuakwa constituency in 2004. As a constituency it elects one member of parliament who represents the constituents at parliament. The constituency is located in the Abuakwa North Municipal District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. [2] [3] Its administrative capital is Kibi.

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Members of Parliament

First electedMemberParty
Abuakwa constituency
1956 C. E. Nimo Convention People's Party
1969 Gibson Dokyi Ampaw Progress Party
1979 Alexander K. Otchere United National Convention
1992 Owuraku Amofah Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere
1996 Nana Akufo-Addo [4] New Patriotic Party
Akim Abuakwa North constituency
2004 J. B. Danquah-Adu [4] New Patriotic Party
2008 Samuel Kwadwo Amoako [4] New Patriotic Party
2012 J. B. Danquah-Adu [5] New Patriotic Party
2016 Gifty Twum Ampofo [6] [7] New Patriotic Party

Samuel Kwadwo Amoako was the member of parliament for the constituency between January 2009 and January 2013. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)and won a majority of 5,046 votes [8] to become the MP. He succeeded J. B. Danquah-Adu who had won the seat in December 2004 with the NPP. J. B. Danquah-Adu won the seat back in the 2016 Ghanaian general election. J. B. Danquah-Adu was murdered on 9 February 2016 at his home. [9] Gifty Twum Ampofo is the member of Parliament of the constituency now (2023) and has served in the 6th and 7th and parliament of Ghana on the ticket of the NPP. [10]

Capital

The capital of Akim Abuakwa North is Kukurantumi. The population in the 2021 census was 91,297.

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References

  1. ↑ "Abuakwa North Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Peace FM. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly – Official Website of Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly". 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. ↑ "Ghana Districts: A repository of all Local Assemblies in Ghana". GhanaDistricts. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  4. 1 2 3 Lublin, David. "Election Passport". electionpassort. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ↑ FM, Peace. "Abuakwa North Constituency Results - Election 2012". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Abuakwa North – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report". theghanareport. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Abuakwa North Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Peace FM. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ↑ MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008, Ghana MPs.
  9. ↑ "Danquah's death: NPP orders party flags to fly at half-mast". GhanaWeb. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 2023-09-13.

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