Akim Oda (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Akim Oda
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Birim Central Municipal District
Region Eastern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Alexander Akwasi Acquah [1]

Alexander Akwasi Acquah is the member of parliament for the Akim Oda constituency in Ghana's 8th parliament under the fourth republic. The first time MP was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). With a majority of 25,380 votes out of the 31,943 total votes cast (which represents 79.45%), he defeated his opponents and won the seat as the 5th MP for the Constituency. He succeeded William Quaitoo who represented the constituency for eight (8) years from 2012 to 2020 on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Before him was Yaw Owusu-Boateng as the member of parliament for the constituency for four (4) years (2008-2012) until a new constituency was created out of the Akim Oda constituency in 2012 which had him representing the newly created Constituency, Asene Akoroso Manso on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that year. .

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Members of Parliament

First electedMemberParty
Created 1992
1992 Nana Boaten-Abora National Democratic Congress
1996 Yaw Osafo-Maafo New Patriotic Party
2008 Yaw Owusu-Boateng New Patriotic Party
2012 William Quaitoo [1] New Patriotic Party
2020 Alexander Akwasi Acquah [2] New Patriotic Party

Elections

2020 Ghanaian general election: Akim Oda [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Alexander Akwasi Acquah25,38079.45
National Democratic Congress Jones Asante6,26219.60+
Ghana Union Movement Lucy Ansah3010.94-
Majority
Turnout 31,943
Registered electors

Alexander Akwasi Acquah was elected as MP for the constituency in 2020 with 25,380 votes representing 79.45% on the ticket of NPP.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Members of Parliament | Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Archived from the original on 2014-03-08.
  2. 1 2 "Parliamentary Results for Akim Oda". www.ghanaweb.com. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.