Asawase (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Asawase
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Kumasi Metropolitan District
Region Ashanti Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created2004
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak

Asawase 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, Asawase is famous for being a stronghold for NDC in the Ashanti Region. Asawase is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

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This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004 and has since been held by the National Democratic Congress. It is one of the hottest seats in the Ashanti Region and as such elections on there are keenly contested. The current member of parliament for the Asawase Consistuency is Hon Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak a leading member in the NDC.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

History

The constituency was formed in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230. The Asokwa East and Asokwa West constituencies were realigned, forming the Asawase (Asokwa) constituency and the new Oforikrom constituency.

Members of parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2004 Constituency created
2004 Gibril Adamu Mohammed National Democratic Congress
2005 Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak National Democratic Congress

Elections


2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Asawase
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak 36,23456.6-3.8
New Patriotic Party Mohammed Abdul Kabir27,11842.4+3.7
People's National Convention Elyasu Mohammed3690.6-0.2
Convention People's Party Alhaji Baba Musah2620.4N/A
Democratic Freedom Party Mohammed Bashir Tijani00N/A
Majority9,11614.2-7.5
Asawase By-election, 2005
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak31,01760.4+10.7
New Patriotic Party Shuaibu Musah Sharif19,87538.7-4.4
People's National Convention Ibrahim Mohammed Issaka4170.8-1.6
Majority11,14221.7+15.1
Turnout 51,63564.29
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Asawase
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Gibril Adamu Mohammed33,54149.7N/A
New Patriotic Party Patrick Appiagyei29,06743.1N/A
Independent Abdul Majeed Alhassan2,5053.7N/A
People's National Convention Thomas Tangwanse Atigah1,5982.4N/A
Convention People's Party King Hassan Abu Bong5700.8N/A
Democratic People's Party (Ghana) Adam Diyawu Rahman2040.3N/A
Majority4,4746.6N/A

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References

  1. ↑ "NDC wins Asawase bye-election". General News of Friday, 22 April 2005. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  2. ↑ "NDC Silences Ruling Party In Asawase". Politics of Friday, 22 April 2005. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  3. ↑ "Statement on the Thursday April 21, 2005 Asawasi Constituency Parliamentary Bye-Election" (PDF). Ghana Center for Democratic Development. p. 3. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  4. ↑ "Parliamentary Results Asawase (Ashanti Region)". Elections 2008. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

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